No Sex Please; We're Oppiella Nova Beetle Mites

The answer is the Meselson Effect (see Matthew Meselson^WP).

Scientists solve mystery of why some animals are able to survive without sexual reproduction

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/scie...tion-1.5602197

Quote:

"Our results clearly show that O. nova reproduces exclusively asexually. When it comes to understanding how evolution works without sex, these beetle mites could still provide a surprise or two," Jens Bast, junior research group leader at the University of Cologne, said in the press release.

I'm not sure I am any wiser. :o

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