Digest Evolution and maintenance of androdioecy in a haplodiploid insect
The coexistence of hermaphrodites and males (androdioecy) is rare in both plants and animals and has hitherto remained unknown in insects. Mongue et al. report a new case of androdioecy in the invasive haplodiploid insect Icerya purchasi, in which hermaphrodites can only self-fertilize, but occasion...
Saved in:
Published in | Evolution Vol. 75; no. 11; pp. 3000 - 3001 |
---|---|
Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
United States
Wiley
01.11.2021
Oxford University Press |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | The coexistence of hermaphrodites and males (androdioecy) is rare in both plants and animals and has hitherto remained unknown in insects. Mongue et al. report a new case of androdioecy in the invasive haplodiploid insect Icerya purchasi, in which hermaphrodites can only self-fertilize, but occasionally mate with males. Revealingly, I. purchasi shares several features with other androdioecious species such as the consequences of evolution from separate sexes, low outcrossing rates, and its colonizing habit. |
---|---|
Bibliography: | Authors contributed equally to this work. Mongue, A. J., Michaelides, S., Coombe, O., Tena, A., Kim, D.‐S., Normark, B. B., Gardner, A., Hoddle, M. S. and Ross, L. (2021), Sex, males, and hermaphrodites in the scale insect Icerya purchasi. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14233 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Commentary-1 |
ISSN: | 0014-3820 1558-5646 |
DOI: | 10.1111/evo.14346 |