<em>Daphnia</em> (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

<em>Daphnia</em>

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This graphic shows the unusual reproductive strategy used by the organism. In this system, known as cyclic parthenogenesis, Daphnia can alternate between sexual and parthenogenetic (asexual) reproduction.

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Shireen Dooling

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