cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7777980
A new study has now provided the first proof of an ant species that lacks both workers and males and consists exclusively of queens.
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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7777980
A new study has now provided the first proof of an ant species that lacks both workers and males and consists exclusively of queens.
💅💅💅💅
From some quick research just now, all these species are female-only and reproduce asexually:
It’s nowhere near as common as sexual reproduction, but it doesn’t mean it’s an evolutionary dead-end.
Plenty of sexually-reproducing species have gone extinct too: that’s not an argument that sexual reproduction is unfavourable.