Lukas Schrader
@shaggyschrader.bsky.social
I like ants. I like TEs.
Evolutionary Biologist at the Institute for Evolution & Biodiversity (University of Münster)
schraderl.github.io
Evolutionary Biologist at the Institute for Evolution & Biodiversity (University of Münster)
schraderl.github.io
Reposted by Lukas Schrader
You may have missed this #ant poster at #ESEB2025, but be sure not to miss the article just published in #openacess in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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 moth...
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
You may have missed this #ant poster at #ESEB2025, but be sure not to miss the article just published in #openacess in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
And while I am at it, here's a queen of Nesomyrmex wilda.
August 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
And while I am at it, here's a queen of Nesomyrmex wilda.
This is a worker of Cardiocondyla thoracica, next to a Drosophila.
August 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This is a worker of Cardiocondyla thoracica, next to a Drosophila.