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 build of model of how virgin birth can happen.
• And it’s in bees.
• Just cool science.