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Stealing, scavenging, or storing? Breeding behaviors of unisexual Ambystoma salamanders
… that use a unique form of reproduction: kleptogenesis. Kleptogenesis requires sperm from male salamanders of co-occurring sexual species, potentially putting unisexual and sexual females in breeding competition. We investigated if unisexual salamanders require courtship from sexual males …
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Survivorship of ploidy-variable unisexual <i>ambystoma</i> aalamanders across developmental stages
… adulthood. These populations reproduce through kleptogenesis, persisting by stealing genetic material from males of compatible bisexual <em>Ambystoma</em> species (e.g., Jefferson's Salamander <em>A. jeffersonianum</em>, and the Blue-Spotted Salamander <em>A. laterale</em>). Kleptogenesis can …
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Temporal changes in unisexual and sexual Ambystoma salamander populations in southeast Michigan
… <em>Ambystoma</em> salamanders reproduce via kleptogenesis, resulting in ploidy-variable offspring. I analyzed genetic data of historic and modern-day unisexual and <em>A. laterale</em> samples from the University of Michigan’s E. S. George Reserve using epidermal cell nuclei measurements and …