| evidence for widespread cryptic sexual generations in apparently purely asexual andricus gallwasps. | oak gallwasps (hymenoptera, cynipidae, cynipini) are one of seven major animal taxa that commonly reproduce by cyclical parthenogenesis (cp). a major question in research on cp taxa is the frequency with which lineages lose their sexual generations, and diversify as purely asexual radiations. most oak gallwasp species are only known from an asexual generation, and secondary loss of sex has been conclusively demonstrated in several species, particularly members of the holarctic genus andricus. th ... | 2008 | 18086197 |