Investigators of biases in sex ratios have sporadically focused on a group of animals that are able to engage in both asexual and sexual reproduction. Sex ratio in these animals often is different ...

Male yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) are chimeras of two separate genetic lineages, researchers report in a study that reveals a unique mode of reproduction in this species – one previously ...

This study is led by Prof. Jian-Fang Gui (Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences). Polyploidy is generally thought to be a main driving force of speciation, as the polyploids possess ...

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In the debate over human origins and the nature of sexual reproduction, religious and scientific perspectives often diverge. The Bible claims man came first, with women derived from man’s rib. Yet, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Its fangs are not what makes the newly identified Indonesian frog species Limnonectes larvaepartus unique on Earth. The way it makes babies does. This little amphibian from the ...

Most male yellow crazy ants carry two separate sets of DNA, resulting from sperm and egg cells that don’t mix their genetic material after fertilisation. This means the males are chimeras – ...