Andrew Mongue
@ajmongue.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Molecular Ecology at University of Florida's Department of Entomology and Nematology. Comparative genomics and evolutionary genetics of weird reproductive systems.
Congrats, a great milestone!!
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Congrats, a great milestone!!
Aha, beat me to it with the classic, good choice!
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Aha, beat me to it with the classic, good choice!
This thread needs the Bible...the Perry Bible Fellowship.
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This thread needs the Bible...the Perry Bible Fellowship.
I've written about this reproductive system, the mix of males and hermaphrodites without pure females (called androdioecy) before, here:
academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
Sex, males, and hermaphrodites in the scale insect Icerya purchasi*
Abstract. Androdioecy (the coexistence of males and hermaphrodites) is a rare mating system for which the evolutionary dynamics are poorly understood. Here
academic.oup.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I've written about this reproductive system, the mix of males and hermaphrodites without pure females (called androdioecy) before, here:
academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
I can definitely see that!
October 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I can definitely see that!
No worries! Even with just females you should be able to see if you have (differentiated) ZW vs something else. I'd be happy to talk more if/when you get to that point!
October 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
No worries! Even with just females you should be able to see if you have (differentiated) ZW vs something else. I'd be happy to talk more if/when you get to that point!
That sounds a lot like the Caligidae..I'm still not over the convergent morphology haha. In terms of the genetic systems though, are they ZZ/ZW, XX/XY, etc?
October 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
That sounds a lot like the Caligidae..I'm still not over the convergent morphology haha. In terms of the genetic systems though, are they ZZ/ZW, XX/XY, etc?
Any chance you know what the sex determination system is for them?
October 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Any chance you know what the sex determination system is for them?
So these aren't closely related to the copepod fish lice? That's wild convergence!!
October 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM
So these aren't closely related to the copepod fish lice? That's wild convergence!!
I tend to be the nice reviewer 😅
August 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I tend to be the nice reviewer 😅