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abrookewood 4 days ago

Why couldn't it be that the Queen had stored sperm from Males of both species?

twnettytwo 4 days ago | parent [-]

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.

mr_toad 4 days ago | parent [-]

Yes, but normally those males are genetic clones of the mother, and couldn’t be a different species.