How do sessile organisms overcome the challenges of sexual reproduction?

Sexual reproduction is a very costly process: the growth rate of asexual lineages exceeds that of sexual lineages. Nonetheless, sex is prevalent in nature. Oct 19, 2023 ... Sexual reproduction occurs in a variety of ways in animals. In some species, such as fish, the male releases sperm over the eggs after the ... Jan 29, 2025 ... Lack of successful sexual reproduction suggests the irreversible parthenogenesis in a stick insect. Tomonari Nozaki, Corresponding Author Tomonari Nozaki Aug 20, 2019 ... gondii sexual reproduction will allow for development of therapeutics that prevent shedding of T. gondii parasites. Finally, given the ... Oct 7, 2021 ... Population-level deep sequencing reveals the interplay of clonal and sexual reproduction in the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Dec 17, 2009 ... Sexual reproduction is a high-energy endeavor, requiring, often, the quest for a mate, the actual act of sex, and the carrying of offspring ( ... What drives the maintenance of sexual reproduction in Eukaryota is a key question in evolutionary biology. Modelling and empirical studies investigating ... Sep 7, 2012 ... Regular sexual reproduction by P. infestans directly affects disease management strategies. An immediate consequence is that there is a source ... In Lepidium virginicum L., exposure of pollen to 0.6 ppm sulfur dioxide (SO/sub 2/) for 4 h reduced pollen germination in vitro 94% from the control, ... Engineering "Species-like" Barriers to Sexual Reproduction to Prevent Gene Flow in Plants. Smanski, Michael J (PI); Voytas, Daniel F (CoI). Synthetic Biology ...