Publications by authors named "Marta Mosna"
Article Synopsis
- Sexual species experience a "twofold cost of males," leading to the expectation that asexual mutants, which reproduce clonally, should outcompete them; however, the study of brine shrimp reveals complexities in this idea with asexuals potentially engaging in "cryptic sex."
- The brine shrimp, long thought to be a purely asexual species, shows evidence of recombination and parent-offspring differences, suggesting that they may not be strictly clonal despite their rare male production.
- Findings indicate that hybrid females can reproduce both sexually and asexually, challenging previous notions of asexuality and emphasizing the need for reevaluating models of sexual reproduction, asexuality, and gene flow within asexual lineages.
