Ant Queen's Surprising Strategy: Giving Birth to Multiple Species
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Researchers discovered that Mediterranean harvester ants (Messor ibericus) can produce male offspring of a different species (Messor structor), using these males to create hybrid workers and support their colony, revealing a unique exception to the typical rule that offspring belong to the same species as their parents.
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