Why would parthenogenetic females systematically produce males who never transmit their genes to females?
M. Grosmaire, C. Launay, M. Siegwald, M.-A. Felix, P.-H. Gouyon, M. Delattre
The paper investigates a reproductive strategy in the nematode Mesorhabditis belari where parthenogenetic females produce males that do not pass on their genes to females, and shows this strategy is efficient if sons mate with their sisters.
bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2018Evolutionary Biology