Article
The genetic outcomes of sex and recombination in long-term functionally parthenogenetic lineages of Australian Sitobion aphids.
Genetical research - 1 Jun 2006
Wilson Alex C C, Sunnucks Paul
Abstract excerpt
The typical life cycle of an aphid is cyclical parthenogenesis which involves the alternation of sexual and asexual reproduction. However, aphid life cycles, even within a species, can encompass everything on a continuum from obligate sexuality, through facultative sexuality to obligate asexuality. Loss of the sexual cycle in aphids is frequently associated with the introduction of a new pest and can occur for a...
Topics
- Animals
- Aphids
- Australia
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Inbreeding
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Parthenogenesis
- Recombination, Genetic
