TY - JOUR
AU - Breeuwer, J A
AB - The dominance of the diploid state in higher organisms, with haploidy generally confined to the gametic phase, has led to the perception that diploidy is favored by selection. This view is highlighted by the fact that no known female organism within the Metazoa exists exclusively (or even for a prolonged period) in a haploid state. We used fluorescence microscopy and variation at nine microsatellite loci to show that the false spider mite, Brevipalpus phoenicis, consists of haploid female parthenogens. We show that this reproductive anomaly is caused by infection by an undescribed endosymbiotic bacterium, which results in feminization of haploid genetic males.
TI - A mite species that consists entirely of haploid females.
JF - Science (New York, N.Y.)
DO - 10.1126/science.1060411
DA - 2001-07-12
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed/a-mite-species-that-consists-entirely-of-haploid-females-R0xRJUYERq
SP - 2479
EP - 82
VL - 292
IS - 5526
DP - DeepDyve
ER -