The downside to cloning as a reproductive system is that the entire population will have the same genetics and be vulnerable to the same diseases and poisons.
As far as I can tell 1 week to hatch and 1 week to reach maturity seems like a good rule of thumb. Different species have different temperature optimums but I can’t see how that is practically relevant to anyone.
if the environment is stable , then parthonogenesis would be common. as for deleterious effects, you mostly see that inbreeding more than parthenogenesis, since if your cloning, epigenitc markers usually remain the same.
the only thing is they wont able to adapt to sudden changes in environment or another invasive species outcompetes them.
The downside to cloning as a reproductive system is that the entire population will have the same genetics and be vulnerable to the same diseases and poisons.
Aphids don’t care.
Aphids do sexual reproduction in autumn. It’s just spring/summer they clone.
How can I subscribe to aphids trivia?
I wish I didn’t know.
As far as I can tell 1 week to hatch and 1 week to reach maturity seems like a good rule of thumb. Different species have different temperature optimums but I can’t see how that is practically relevant to anyone.
It could be worse. You could know that bedbugs reproduce through a process called “tramatic insemination”
I knew that.
They also thrive on incest, and love to breed with their own parents and siblings.
Bedbugs are already just super gross, but the more you learn about their biology the more gross they become.
Wouldn’t there still be random mutations caused by epigenetics over time?
Sure, but the population would be so similar that it probably wouldn’t make much difference.
if the environment is stable , then parthonogenesis would be common. as for deleterious effects, you mostly see that inbreeding more than parthenogenesis, since if your cloning, epigenitc markers usually remain the same.
the only thing is they wont able to adapt to sudden changes in environment or another invasive species outcompetes them.