Evolutionary dynamics and consequences of parthenogenesis in vertebrates

MK Fujita, S Singhal, TO Brunes… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Parthenogenesis is asexual reproduction without any required participation from males and,
as such, is a null model for sexual reproduction. In a comparative context, we can expand …

Sex in the wild: How and why field-based studies contribute to solving the problem of sex

M Neiman, PG Meirmans, T Schwander, S Meirmans - Evolution, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Why and how sexual reproduction is maintained in natural populations, the so-called “queen
of problems,” is a key unanswered question in evolutionary biology. Recent efforts to solve …

[图书][B] The secret social lives of reptiles

JS Doody, V Dinets, GM Burghardt - 2021 - books.google.com
Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the
evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles. Reptiles …

Palaeoclimatic models help to understand current distribution of Caucasian forest species

D Tarkhnishvili, A Gavashelishvili… - Biological Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Spatial and temporal constraints on dispersal explain the absence of species from areas
with potentially suitable conditions. Previous studies have shown that post-glacial …

Species Distribution Models and Niche Partitioning among Unisexual Darevskia dahli and Its Parental Bisexual (D. portschinskii, D. mixta) Rock Lizards in the …

V Petrosyan, F Osipov, V Bobrov, N Dergunova… - Mathematics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Among vertebrates, true parthenogenesis is known only in reptiles. Parthenogenetic lizards
of the genus Darevskia emerged as a result of the hybridization of bisexual parental species …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of geographical distribution of the parthenogenetic rock lizard Darevskia armeniaca and its parental species (D. mixta, D. valentini) based on …

VG Petrosyan, FA Osipov, VV Bobrov, NN Dergunova… - Salamandra, 2019 - academia.edu
Studies of geographical distribution of parthenogenetic Darevskia armeniaca and its
parental species D. mixta and D. valentini can extend our knowledge in terms of their …

Parthenogenesis through the ice ages: a biogeographic analysis of Caucasian rock lizards (genus Darevskia)

S Freitas, S Rocha, J Campos, F Ahmadzadeh… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Darevskia rock lizards include both sexual and parthenogenetic species, mostly distributed
in the heterogeneous and ecologically diverse Caucasus. The parthenogenetic species …

Faunal biodiversity research in the Republic of Georgia: a short review of trends, gaps, and needs in the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot

L Mumladze, B Japoshvili, EP Anderson - Biologia, 2020 - Springer
We evaluated progress towards animal biodiversity research in Georgia, a key area in the
Caucasus biodiversity hotspot. By reviewing recently (1990–2018) published articles in all …

Parthenogenesis in Darevskia lizards: A rare outcome of common hybridization, not a common outcome of rare hybridization

S Freitas, AM Westram, T Schwander, M Arakelyan… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Hybridization is a common evolutionary process with multiple possible outcomes. In
vertebrates, interspecific hybridization has repeatedly generated parthenogenetic hybrid …

Parthenogenesis is self-destructive for scaled reptiles

MO Moreira, C Fonseca, D Rojas - Biology Letters, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Parthenogenesis is rare in nature. With 39 described true parthenogens, scaled reptiles
(Squamata) are the only vertebrates that evolved this reproductive strategy …