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#parthenogenesis β€” Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #parthenogenesis, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Oleander aphids (𝘈𝘱𝘩π˜ͺ𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘳π˜ͺπ˜ͺ) on swamp milkweed (𝘈𝘴𝘀𝘭𝘦𝘱π˜ͺ𝘒𝘴 π˜ͺ𝘯𝘀𝘒𝘳𝘯𝘒𝘡𝘒), from July 2022.

    Interestingly, these little critters are all female; no males are found in the wild. They reproduce by parthenogenesis.

    #InsectThursday #aphids #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #parthenogenesis #milkweed #insects

  2. How does BBM-mediated #parthenogenesis work? Understanding this process will help #PlantScience improve haploid #breeding efficiency. A new study by Liu et al. gets us one step closer. doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13678
    @wileyplantsci
    #embryogenesis #apomixis #SexualReproduction #botany

  3. Now published in Peer Community Journal, #evolutionarybiology section: "Facultative #parthenogenesis: a transient state in transitions between sex and obligate asexuality in #stickinsects?" doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.283