Attack of the crayfish clones

Attack of the crayfish clones

Postby lady_*nix » Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:07 pm

A parthenogenic crayfish species has become invasive across several parts of the world.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... clones-aoe

Fortunately, they're tasty. Unfortunately, they probably reproduce faster than we can eat them.

Edit: I actually wonder if this is just a genetic thing with the species, or if this is another case of Wolbachia making them parthenogenic and female-only.

Edit 2: nope, this one's not thanks to Wolbachia. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728364/
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