title: Geographic parthenogenesis: recurrent patterns down under.
abstract: A recent study reports striking similarities in the origin and spread of parthenogenesis in two distantly related animals of the Australian arid zone, suggesting that the loss of sex was driven by a very general selective force.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland. christoph.vorburger@zool.unizh.ch
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vorburger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D017753:Ecosystem; D005843:Geography; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008116:Lizards / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010312:Parthenogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012641:Selection, Genetic