'Amazon' algae shed light on what happens to populations when females switch to asexual reproduction

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Aug 20, 2024, 10:26 am77 pts
Researchers at Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen and Kobe University discovered populations of female brown algae that reproduce from unfertilized gametes and thrive without males. In a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, they used "Amazon" algae to shed light on the phenotypic and genetic…

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