SummaryAn unusual reproductive system was discovered in desert ants, in which daughter queens are produced asexually via parthenogenesis, whereas workers develop from hybrid crosses between genetically divergent lineages. The system appears to be doomed to extinction
Recent work on ants shows both extraordinary patterns of reproduction and a new type of sexual confl...
International audienceOrganisms use an amazingly large diversity of mechanisms to pass on their gene...
Social organisms exhibit conspicuous intraspecific variation in all facets of their social organizat...
An unusual reproductive system was discovered in desert ants, in which daughter queens are produced ...
An unusual reproductive system was discovered in desert ants, in which daughter queens are produced ...
SummaryWith a few rare exceptions, the vast majority of animals reproduce sexually [1–3]. Some speci...
Over the last decade, genetic studies on social insects have revealed a remarkable diversity of unus...
International audienceWith a few rare exceptions, the vast majority of animals reproduce sexually [1...
Abstract: Cataglyphis desert ants display unique variation in their breeding systems, making this ge...
Sexual reproduction generally requires no more than two partners. Here, we show convergent evolution...
In most social insects, the brood is totipotent and environmental factors determine whether a female...
Sexual reproduction generally requires no more than two partners. Here, we show convergent evolution...
International audienceRecently, a unique case of hybridogenesis at a social level was reported in lo...
Males usually have little involvement in the dramas of social insect societies, but a newly identifi...
Ants are social and are haplodiploid. This combination may allow the evolution of a variety of unusu...
Recent work on ants shows both extraordinary patterns of reproduction and a new type of sexual confl...
International audienceOrganisms use an amazingly large diversity of mechanisms to pass on their gene...
Social organisms exhibit conspicuous intraspecific variation in all facets of their social organizat...
An unusual reproductive system was discovered in desert ants, in which daughter queens are produced ...
An unusual reproductive system was discovered in desert ants, in which daughter queens are produced ...
SummaryWith a few rare exceptions, the vast majority of animals reproduce sexually [1–3]. Some speci...
Over the last decade, genetic studies on social insects have revealed a remarkable diversity of unus...
International audienceWith a few rare exceptions, the vast majority of animals reproduce sexually [1...
Abstract: Cataglyphis desert ants display unique variation in their breeding systems, making this ge...
Sexual reproduction generally requires no more than two partners. Here, we show convergent evolution...
In most social insects, the brood is totipotent and environmental factors determine whether a female...
Sexual reproduction generally requires no more than two partners. Here, we show convergent evolution...
International audienceRecently, a unique case of hybridogenesis at a social level was reported in lo...
Males usually have little involvement in the dramas of social insect societies, but a newly identifi...
Ants are social and are haplodiploid. This combination may allow the evolution of a variety of unusu...
Recent work on ants shows both extraordinary patterns of reproduction and a new type of sexual confl...
International audienceOrganisms use an amazingly large diversity of mechanisms to pass on their gene...
Social organisms exhibit conspicuous intraspecific variation in all facets of their social organizat...