Parthenogenesis as a life strategy among mites of the suborder Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Parthenogenesis as a life strategy among mites of the suborder Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata)
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10.1139/z04-133
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2004-09-01
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Dylewska, M
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Bloszyk, J;Adamski, Z;Dylewska, M
本文介绍了欧洲尾足螨亚目中孤雌生殖现象的观察结果。对 66 个波兰物种的性别比例进行的分析显示，其中 18 个物种（超过所检查物种的四分之一）仅由雌性组成。作者观察到地理分布与人口中男性缺乏之间没有显着关系。在分布广泛的物种以及地理范围狭窄的物种中观察到完全由雌性组成的种群。尽管如此，单性生殖物种数量的增加，特别是中欧和斯堪的纳维亚动物群的百分比的增加，也是显而易见的。没有雄性繁殖的物种与森林垃圾和土壤有关，而双性恋物种“热切地”栖息在各种相对不稳定和临时的微环境中（例如，枯木、鸟类或小型哺乳动物的巢穴）。作者旨在定义几乎完全由雌性组成的物种中偶尔出现的雄性的生物学作用，并讨论尾足亚目螨孤雌生殖的生态和进化方面。
This paper presents the results of observations concerning the phenomenon of parthenogenesis among European mites of the suborder Uropodina. An analysis of the sex ratios of 66 Polish species revealed that 18 of them (more than one fourth of the examined species) consisted only of females. The authors observed no significant relationship between geographical distribution and the lack of males in the population. Populations consisting entirely of females were observed among widely distributed species as well as among species characterized by narrow geographical ranges. Nonetheless, an increase in the number of parthenogenetic species, especially as a percentage of Middle European and Scandinavian fauna, was also discernible. Species that reproduced without males were associated with forest litter and soil, whereas bisexual species "eagerly" inhabited various relatively unstable and temporary microenvironments (for instance, dead wood, birds' or small mammals' nests). The authors aim to define the biological role of occasionally appearing males for the species consisting almost entirely of females and discuss ecological and evolutionary aspects of parthenogenesis in mites of the suborder Uropodina.