Spontaneous parthenogenesis in the parasitoid wasp Cotesia typhae: low frequency anomaly or evolving process?
C. Capdevielle Dulac, R. Benoist, S. Paquet, P.-A. Calatayud, J. Obonyo, L. Kaiser, F. Mougel
This study investigates low-frequency parthenogenesis in the parasitoid wasp Cotesia typhae, showing it occurs in both laboratory and wild populations and is likely due to automixis with central fusion.
bioRxiv · Dec 13, 2021Evolutionary Biology