Mating allows asexual female wasps to produce offspring both sexually and asexually, but their sexual daughters have reduced fecundity
Rebecca A. Boulton, Mohit Raj, J Anderson, Darren James Parker
This study shows that facultative sex in wasps leads to reduced fecundity and selection against mixed sexual-asexual genotypes, suggesting costs that limit the persistence of facultative sex.
bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology