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Termite queens close the sperm gates of eggs to switch from sexual to asexual reproduction.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Dec 2014

Yashiro Toshihisa, Matsuura Kenji

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Males and females are in conflict over genetic transmission in the evolution of parthenogenesis, because it enhances female reproductive output but deprives the males' genetic contribution. For males, any trait that coerces females into sexual reproduction should increase their fitness. However, in the termite Reticulitermes speratus, queens produce their replacements (neotenic queens) parthenogenetically while...

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PMID: 25404335
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412481111
PMCID: PMC4260566

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