The first gynandromorph of a zorapteran and potential thelytokous parthenogenesis in a population of Zorotypus brasiliensis Silvestri (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rbe.2017.09.001
Abstract: Abstract The first gynandromorph of the insect order Zoraptera is reported. A gynandromorph of Zorotypus brasiliensis Silvestri is described from a likely parthenogenetic population in the Atlantic Forest around the border of the Brazilian states… read more here.
Keywords: parthenogenesis population; first gynandromorph; brasiliensis silvestri; zorotypus brasiliensis ... See more keywords
Thelytokous parthenogenesis in the exotic dacetine ant Strumigenys rogeri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Taiwan
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DOI: 10.1111/ens.12277
Abstract: Only recently has it become clear that several species of eusocial hymenopterans regularly reproduce by thelytokous parthenogenesis, that is, the production of diploid female offspring by unmated females. This phenomenon suggests that parthenogenetic reproduction might… read more here.
Keywords: strumigenys rogeri; thelytokous parthenogenesis; ant strumigenys; dacetine ant ... See more keywords