‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother

2025/09/03 by Max Kozlov · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Biology #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Geographies of human-animal interactions #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

paper · doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02807-0

published in Nature (Nature Portfolio)

openalex publication_date 2025/09/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Citations

• One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants

Discussions

• If I had read this in a science fiction book, I would have thought it was too far-fetched: Ants of different species share a mother. 😮https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02807-0 🧪 [bsky, 10 points, 0 comments]