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Haploid all the way: a new style of asexuality revealed in animals
Author(s) -
Perrot Véronique
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.10044
Subject(s) - parthenogenesis , asexuality , ploidy , biology , context (archaeology) , genetics , zoology , evolutionary biology , gene , human sexuality , embryo , sociology , gender studies , paleontology
Weeks et al(1) recently reported that they had found a species of mites where the parthenogenetic females are haploid. They show that this is caused by intracellular bacteria that turn genetic haploid males into haploid females. I discuss these findings and attempt to place these observations in evolutionary context. BioEssays 24:114–118, 2002. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.