The insect that lost its homeland — and its sex life

A pioneering group of stick insects that settled in the United Kingdom lost all of its males, leaving females that reproduce asexually.

In an evolutionary blink, populations of a New Zealand stick insect can give up sex — or embrace it again.

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Nature 572, 566 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02465-z

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