All articles tagged with #species hybridization
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.
Some ant queens can produce offspring of two different species, blurring species boundaries and creating a complex, multi-species colony through unique reproductive strategies, including cloning and genetic manipulation, challenging traditional notions of individuality in evolution.
Biologists discovered that Messor ibericus ant queens can produce male offspring of a different species, Messor structor, through a process called xenoparity, involving a form of cloning called androgenesis, challenging traditional ideas of species and reproduction.