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I thought male ants didn't have fathers... an exception

Started By OhNoNotAgain , Feb 25 2020 8:48 AM

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#1 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted February 25 2020 - 8:48 AM

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This kinda blew my mind. I'm so used to hearing "male ants don't have fathers, only grandfathers" ... and yet in the longhorn crazy ant, Paratrechina longicornis,

"Workers developed through normal sexual reproduction between queens and males. However, queens were produced clonally and, thus, were genetically identical to their mothers. In contrast, males never inherited maternal alleles and were genetically identical to their fathers."

https://www.ncbi.nlm...epg#!po=20.9091

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#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted February 25 2020 - 3:43 PM

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I always found this fascinating. Good thing Argentines don’t do this.

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

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Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus

Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta

Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger

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