Yellow mad ants have males — chimeras

The floor at ants of Anoplolepis gracilipes, as well as at other ants, is defined genetically. As shown in recent research, males of A. gracilipes the himerny: their body is constructed of two types of cages: one — with a fatherly genome, others — with maternal. Such extremely unusual option of sexual reproduction — imitation of a samtsovy diploidnost — to them was necessary for genetic determination of castes of workers and queens...