Modes of reproduction are quite diverse, and reproductive capacity is generally high.
In addition, it is an attractive model species for understanding the evolution of reproductive strategies because it usually alternates between parthenogenetic and sexual modes of reproduction with changes in environmental quality (Hebert, 1978).
Modes of reproduction differ between species.
They have specialized modes of reproduction, sometimes with a complicated alteration of sexual and asexual phases.
The modes of reproduction in the charadriiforms are only slightly less diverse than the food habits.
The distinction between semelparous and iteroparous modes of reproduction is important for an understanding of biological aging.
Their varied modes of reproduction and their ability to regulate body temperatures are two of many areas studied by comparative physiologists (see thermoregulation).
Most species of Volvox reproduce both asexually and sexually, and some, such as Volvox carteri, switch primary modes of reproduction at least once each year.
What was previously the material of dystopian science fiction has become everyday reality; new novels can reassure us that it's possible to explore new modes of reproduction without becoming the totalitarian, Shakespeare-rejecting eugenicists of Aldous Huxley's most pessimistic predictions.
Genes, for the most part, are passed on directly to offspring in both asexual and sexual modes of reproduction.
Certainly each of these traits is the product of a division, one of modes of locomotion and one of modes of reproduction.
