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Clonal reproduction with androgenesis and somatic recombination: the case of the ant Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi.
Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Apr 2016
Okita Ichiro, Tsuchida Koji
Abstract excerpt
In haplodiploid insects such as ants, male sexuals develop from unfertilised haploid eggs, while female sexuals and workers develop from fertilized diploid eggs. However, some ant species do not exchange their gene pool between sexes; both male and female sexuals are clonally produced, while workers are sexually produced. To date, three ant species, Wasmannia auropunctata, Vollenhovia emeryi, and Paratrechina...
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