Some stick insects that normally reproduce through parthenogenesis found to mate on occasion
Neighbour-joining networks of pairwise distances between individuals within parthenogenetic Timema species: A. T. genevievae. B. T. monikensis. C. T. douglasi. D. T. shepardi. Individuals of the two studied populations in each species are distinguished by brown and blue labels. Credit: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0404 A team of ecologists
Joan Wiers
September 21, 2023