Compared with diploid species, haplodiploids suffer less inbreeding depression because male haploidy imposes purifying selection on recessive deleterious alleles. However, alleles of genes only ...

In the vast realm of insects, certain beetles, mites, and other insects—including bees, ants, and wasps—use a unique system of sex determination known as haplodiploidy. In this system, the sexual ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba and Ryutsu Keizai University find that patterns of reproductive isolation in a haplodiploid spider mite support the prevailing view of the evolution of ...