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ahead. Many die during the winter (all the males die), but some fertilized females survive to begin the cycle again next spring.
Attack of the
female clones
How about aphids?
The aphids you see on your flowers are also all female. But the reasons are different. Females typically hatch from fertilized eggs in the spring and begin to produce offspring. In most species, this is done parthenogenetically—the females clone themselves, producing genetically identical live daughters without eggs or participation of males. The asexual daughters (no eggs) also reproduce parthenogenetically, usually within a few days after birth, resulting in prodigious supplies of female aphids in a short time. Under ideal conditions (unlimited food and no predators or bug spray), one cabbage aphid could theoretically produce 1,560,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000 clones in one growing season.
All female
In most species, males and sexual females (with eggs) are produced at the end of the growing season. But both male and female aphids are diploid and cloned by their moms. Males lack one of the two sex chromo
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