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South African honeybee has cloned itself millions of times, study says Julia Musto
A South African subspecies of the honeybee is reportedly able to produce millions of clones of itself.
According to new research published in the journal Current Biology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B, one such insect – known as the Cape honeybee or Apis mellifera capensis – has managed to do so many times over the past 30 years.
While asexual reproduction is fairly common, genetically identical offspring is not.
The exchange of genetic material between different organisms, or recombination, normally leads to the production of offspring with combinations of different traits.
Locust outbreak ravages parts of Zimbabwe
Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor
Farmers in Masvingo, Chiredzi and parts of Manicaland are battling a new round of locust outbreaks with swarms of a local type of species damaging their sorghum and maize crops, a senior plant protection expert says.
Shingirai Nyamutukwa, head of the Plant Protection Research Institute told the Herald yesterday that they had detected an outbreak of three indigenous species which do not spread over long distances unlike the African migratory locust.
“We are experiencing an increase in the number of local locust species which have been sighted in Masvingo and Chiredzi and parts of Manicaland,” he said.
Zim braces for locusts threat
Sifelani Tsiko Agric Editor
Resources have been mobilised to minimise the effects of any invasion of the African migratory locust from Botswana and Namibia where outbreaks have been reported.
Shingirai Nyamutukwa, head of the Plant Quarantine and Plant Protection Research Services Institute yesterday said there was an alert following reports of a new round of locust outbreaks.
“Yes, it’s true that Namibia and Botswana are battling another wave of locust outbreaks. The locusts are in all stages from nymphs to adults. We’re keeping check on their control efforts so as to assess risks of invasion into Zimbabwe,” he said.
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