• lugal@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    This is wrong. They get the same DNA father side because male ants are haploid (meaning they have one chromosome of each instead of a pair like diploids) but they get different genes from their mother so they are more closely related than human siblings but no where near your made up number. They are still 25% different

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        1 day ago

        This is not how anything works. I’m giving you free information by repeating stuff I learned at school and university. If you want to be sure, look it up. This is far from hidden knowledge. I couldn’t care less if I convince a stranger on the internet.

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        18 hours ago

        Fertilized eggs are female, unfertilized eggs male. That’s why they are haploid. They are not going to mate their mother. Go read a book.

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          9 hours ago

          ALL OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL COMES FROM THE MOTHER, INCLUDING THE MALES THAT FERTILIZE HER EGGS. Fucking child. 😐

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            7 hours ago

            Fucking child. 😐

            Oh, you insulted me, now I’m convinced.

            You might want to edit the wikipedia page because they are spreading lies. Closed to the truth is this:

            Males will mount females in the air, but the actual mating process usually takes place on the ground. Females of some species mate with just one male but in others they may mate with as many as ten or more different males, storing the sperm in their spermathecae. The genus Cardiocondyla have species with both winged and wingless males, where the latter will only mate with females living in the same nest. Some species in the genus have lost winged males completely, and only produce wingless males. In C. elegans, workers may transport newly emerged queens to other conspecific nests where the wingless males from unrelated colonies can mate with them, a behavioural adaptation that may reduce the chances of inbreeding.

            So there are some species within one genus where most males will mate within their nest (which doesn’t necessarily mean their own mother because not all ants are fully social, I don’t know about this genus) and even they have mechanisms to avoid the incest you described.

            I’m very sorry for trying to educate you. I’m very sorry if I threw you from peak mount stupid. You do not have to do the bare minimum and read wikipedia articles if you already have enough superficial knowledge to feel superior to people who know stuff. It’s enough to insult them to prove them wrong. I apologize for any inconvenience.