• Globular springtails reproduce via paternal genome elimination ◦ 7th confirmed independent origin of PGE • Two tissue model can reveal abnormalities in reproduction
of androgenesis ◦ freshwater clam Corbicula leana ◦ Australian carp gudgeons • Extremely unlikely in the case of globular springtails as the aberrant spermatogenesis seems to be present already in the common ancestor of globular springtails. By Korea Educational Broadcasting System By Codman