Gerhard Wingender
@gwingender.bsky.social
Curious immunologist; interested in ‘quirky’ cells and how to make the world smarter, healthier, and happier.
www.wingenderlab.org
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Yes, indeed. I’ll send an Email.
October 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Yes, indeed. I’ll send an Email.
Congrats Monika. Something good to read for the weekend.
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Congrats Monika. Something good to read for the weekend.
We see again, sex is more complex than we can imagine.
(References: (i) Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...; (ii) News & Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...)
(References: (i) Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...; (ii) News & Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...)
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same mother having distinct genomes and morphologies.
www.nature.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We see again, sex is more complex than we can imagine.
(References: (i) Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...; (ii) News & Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...)
(References: (i) Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...; (ii) News & Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...)
… unique manner. The queens can lay eggs for males of their own species, but also for the males of the other species needed for the hybridisation. Then the queens mate with these males to produce the hybrid workers. Thus, they stole the whole genetics of these males and made it their own.
September 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
… unique manner. The queens can lay eggs for males of their own species, but also for the males of the other species needed for the hybridisation. Then the queens mate with these males to produce the hybrid workers. Thus, they stole the whole genetics of these males and made it their own.
… species, and the infertile hybrids become workers. Similar to how humans cross donkeys and horses to produce mules.
Stealing sperm works well, but makes the ants dependent on the males of the other species. Scientists now realised that the Iberian harvester ant solved this problem in a truly ...
Stealing sperm works well, but makes the ants dependent on the males of the other species. Scientists now realised that the Iberian harvester ant solved this problem in a truly ...
September 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
… species, and the infertile hybrids become workers. Similar to how humans cross donkeys and horses to produce mules.
Stealing sperm works well, but makes the ants dependent on the males of the other species. Scientists now realised that the Iberian harvester ant solved this problem in a truly ...
Stealing sperm works well, but makes the ants dependent on the males of the other species. Scientists now realised that the Iberian harvester ant solved this problem in a truly ...
… fertilised eggs. Some ants stopped generating their own workers. Instead, they steal eggs from other colonies, which develop into workers.
Some ants developed a mix of both strategies. They still generate workers, but only from hybrids. I.e. the queens mate with males from another related ...
Some ants developed a mix of both strategies. They still generate workers, but only from hybrids. I.e. the queens mate with males from another related ...
September 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
… fertilised eggs. Some ants stopped generating their own workers. Instead, they steal eggs from other colonies, which develop into workers.
Some ants developed a mix of both strategies. They still generate workers, but only from hybrids. I.e. the queens mate with males from another related ...
Some ants developed a mix of both strategies. They still generate workers, but only from hybrids. I.e. the queens mate with males from another related ...