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RESETTING RISKS. "Many epigenetic pathways repress the activity of transposable elements, and so resetting epigenetic marks exposes the genome to mobilisation of these elements, which may be particularly detrimental when producing gametes." http://biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2016/04/28/050831.full.pdf View in LinkedIn

SEXUAL REVERSAL. "Examples of meiosis-derived modes of asexual reproduction include chromosome doubling prior to meiosis (“endomitosis” or “pre-meiotic doubling”), fusion of two of the four products of a single meiosis (“automixis” in animals, “within-tetrad mating” in fungi), and suppression of one of the two meiotic divisions." http://biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2016/04/28/050831.full.pdf View in LinkedIn

Wildflower planting on farms boosts birds, from skylarks to starlings View in LinkedIn

TRANSPOSON RICH. "Our comparative genomic analysis shows that obligatory asexual root-knot nematodes have a higher abundance of transposable elements compared to the facultative sexual and contain duplicated regions with a high within-species average nucleotide divergence of 8%." https://lnkd.in/e9RafZt View in LinkedIn

DOMINANCE WITHOUT SEXUAL REPRODUCTION. "Root-knot nematodes (genus Meloidogyne) show an intriguing diversity of reproductive modes ranging from obligatory sexual to fully asexual reproduction. Intriguingly, the most damaging species to the world agriculture are those that reproduce without meiosis and without sex." https://lnkd.in/e9RafZt View in LinkedIn

MONOTREMES are ancient animals that lay soft-shelled eggs, including the platypus and spiny anteater. http://www.ege.fcen.uba.ar/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Life-histories-Molles.pdf View in LinkedIn

VIVIPARITY (live bearers) is where the embryos develop within the mother's body, in the placenta, and give live births. This includes most mammals, some lizards and snakes (vipers), some frogs, and some fish (sharks, guppies). https://lnkd.in/eu6sYW4 View in LinkedIn

OVIPARITY is where the hard or soft shelled eggs grow protected within the mother, and is characteristic of all birds. Only a few mammals are oviparous, including the spiny anteater and duck-billed platypus. Most reptiles (cobra, crocodile and turtles) are oviparous, and all amphibians (frogs, toads), and most fish. https://lnkd.in/eu6sYW4 View in LinkedIn

SEXUAL PLUS ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION: brittle star, meadow garlic, spiny water fleas. https://lnkd.in/eu6sYW4 View in LinkedIn

SLOW REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES are used by elephants, whales and humans to slowly rear and protect just a few offspring with high survivorship. Typically, organisms using this strategy are large, live long and sexually mature slowly. https://lnkd.in/eu6sYW4 View in LinkedIn