The Weird Way Aphids Reproduce

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One of the weirdest things about pea aphids is their reproductive cycle. Most animals reproduce in one of two ways: asexually or sexually. But the pea aphid does not stick to just one type of reproduction…and it gives birth to pregnant clones.

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Sources:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/genetics-research/article/lack-of-detectable-genetic-recombination-on-the-x-chromosome-during-the-parthenogenetic-production-of-female-and-male-aphids/37CA87B35DB59E4667D9FA64E8569BF9
https://www.britannica.com/animal/aphid
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0174791
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Aphididae/
https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/11/1/18/5918920
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_2813#:~:text=The%20origin%20of%20pea%20aphid,some%20of%20the%20same%20crops.
https://agresearch.montana.edu/wtarc/producerinfo/entomology-insect-ecology/RussianWheatAphid/MontGuide.pdf
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mpqmCwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&ots=-XMS50R7pk&sig=5POXhIgEkVRjnwtwOcReC3TReU8#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/acyrthosiphon-pisum

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