Article
Life-history trait variation in native versus invasive asexual New Zealand mud snails.
Oecologia - 1 Aug 2022
Donne Carina, Larkin Katelyn, Adrian-Tucci Claire, Good Abby, Kephart Carson, Neiman Maurine
Abstract excerpt
Potamopyrgus antipodarum is a New Zealand freshwater snail that is invasive worldwide. While native P. antipodarum populations are characterized by frequent coexistence between obligately sexual and obligately asexual individuals, only the asexual snails are known to invade other ecosystems. Despite low genetic diversity and the absence of sex, invasive asexual P. antipodarum are highly successful. Here, we...
Topics
- Animals
- Ecosystem
- Humans
- New Zealand
- Phenotype
- Reproduction, Asexual
- Snails
