The evolution of sex remains one of biology's greatest puzzles. While sexual reproduction dominates across the animal kingdom ...

The phenomenon of aphids born pregnant is one of nature’s most unusual reproductive strategies. In these tiny insects, reproduction happens at such a fast pace that newborn aphids may already carry ...

How does evolution move from conventional sexual reproduction to asexuality without males? A new study by researchers from the Universities of Lausanne, Lund and Rostock reveals that this remarkable ...

It may seem odd to think of aphids producing their offspring while already pregnant, but in actuality, it is not an unusual phenomenon among insects. Aphids have been able to adapt to a reproductive ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) Further analysis of PifA and PifB revealed that they exhibit many of the characteristics of eukaryotic host-associated ...

Osaka, Japan – As the days grow shorter, many animals prepare for the approaching winter by suspending reproduction. Insects, for example, accumulate energy stores while halting ovarian development ...