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Reproduction (Strange Sexual Reproduction Strategies (Sex reversal: change…
Reproduction
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2 Fold Cost of Sex
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Selection should favor asexual, but it assumes that 1. sexual and asexual reproduction results in the same number of offspring and 2. these offspring have equal fitness
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Red Queen Revisited
Sexual reproduction can lead to new combinations of genes the potentially add a new resistance strategy, asexual beings rely on random mutations alone
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Asexual
Parthenogenesis
Offspring can be haploid of diploid--> in the case of honey bees haploid individuals are male and diploid are female
Occurs in certain species of bees, wasps, and ants
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Sexual
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Reproductive Cycles
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Ovulation: release of a mature egg, occurs at midpoint of cycle
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