Our new preprint is out!
We use rarely produced parthenogenetic males to examine what happens to dosage compensation when it is no longer needed (e.g. in parthenogenetic species).
Surprisingly, we find dosage compensation is maintained in our parthenogenetic stick insects even in the absence of selection for it!
This suggests dosage compensation mechanisms are either weakly selected against or evolutionarily constrained.
Congrats to all involved!