Thelytoky in the honeybee
A Single Gene Causes Thelytokous Parthenogenesis, the Defining Feature of the Cape Honeybee Apis mellifera capensis, by Yagound et al, 2020 That means virgin birth. A single gene controls the switch from sexual to asexual modes of reproduction The scientists used an impressive combination of classical backcrossing and genomic data to pinpoint the gene, and […]