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Researchers Discover a Gene in Honey Bees That Causes Virgin Birth

Reversions to virgin births by asexual reproduction are rare in nature. Asexual birth, in Cape honey bees, might be the first time that the genetic basis of such a phenomenon has been discovered. In a study published in Current Biology, researchers from the University of Sydney have identified the single gene that determines how Cape ...

Troy Oakes

Cape honey bee queen and workers.