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Re:European ant is the first known animal to clone members o... by abrookewood on Thursday September 18, 2025 @04:02AM (#45286872)
Why couldn't it be that the Queen had stored sperm from Males of both species?
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Re:European ant is the first known animal to clone members o... by twnettytwo on Thursday September 18, 2025 @04:20AM (#45286980)
Not a biologist but IIRC, male ants develop from unfertilized eggs (and are 'haploid'), and the sperm has no role in the production of male ants. Any fertilized egg produces a female ant. This would proably mean that the queen has means to produce two kinds of eggs, which is quite interesting.
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Re:European ant is the first known animal to clone members o... by mr_toad on Thursday September 18, 2025 @09:03AM (#45289135)
Yes, but normally those males are genetic clones of the mother, and couldn’t be a different species.
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