▲ 417 ▼ We keep the entomologists in the basement. (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Dani551@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago (4 children) I need more information permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messor_ibericus permalink fedilink source parent [–] AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyz 19 points 1 year ago* (2 children) I think they're referring to this species. Although the cloning aspect adds yet another layer of wtf on top. Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Cloning is fairly common. Like aphids will clone during spring and summer and then do sex in autumn. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago This is different. The queen is fertilized by another species, but can only have males of that species with a portion of her own genetic information. When she's fertilized by her own species, she can produce Queens, haploid workers, and male drones of her species. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messor_ibericus permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyz 19 points 1 year ago* (2 children) I think they're referring to this species. Although the cloning aspect adds yet another layer of wtf on top. Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Cloning is fairly common. Like aphids will clone during spring and summer and then do sex in autumn. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago This is different. The queen is fertilized by another species, but can only have males of that species with a portion of her own genetic information. When she's fertilized by her own species, she can produce Queens, haploid workers, and male drones of her species. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Cloning is fairly common. Like aphids will clone during spring and summer and then do sex in autumn. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago This is different. The queen is fertilized by another species, but can only have males of that species with a portion of her own genetic information. When she's fertilized by her own species, she can produce Queens, haploid workers, and male drones of her species. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago This is different. The queen is fertilized by another species, but can only have males of that species with a portion of her own genetic information. When she's fertilized by her own species, she can produce Queens, haploid workers, and male drones of her species. permalink fedilink source parent
