Asexual Reproduction - Inheritance of Asexual Reproduction in Sexual Species

Inheritance of Asexual Reproduction in Sexual Species

For example, in the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus asexual reproduction (obligate parthenogenesis) can be inherited by a recessive allele, which leads to loss of sexual reproduction in homozygous offspring. Inheritance of asexual reproduction by a single recessive locus has also been found in the parasitoid wasp Lysiphlebus fabarum.

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