'Amazon' algae shed light on what happens to populations when females switch to asexual reproduction

Researchers at Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen and Kobe University discovered populations of female brown algae that reproduce from unfertilized gametes and thrive without males. In a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, they used "Amazon" algae to shed light on the phenotypic and genetic consequences of the shift from sexual to asexual reproduction.