Ants
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About the picture: This also goes for bees and wasps, but ants were my animal of choice for this picture.
22nd October 2012
12 Comments:
7 months ago #8564426
Also alot of animals are hermafrodites - Some can literally split down the middle and become two identical individuals, others can regenerate most of their body if they are split in half- or even more pieces because they have stemcells spread around on their body. Another version can create whole colonies of individuals that are linked (similar to splitting into 2, however they stay connected). Others can have sex with themselves, if no compatible mate is around.
Also alot of animals are hermafrodites - Some can literally split down the middle and become two identical individuals, others can regenerate most of their body if they are split in half- or even more pieces because they have stemcells spread around on their body. Another version can create whole colonies of individuals that are linked (similar to splitting into 2, however they stay connected). Others can have sex with themselves, if no compatible mate is around.
7 months ago #8559808
applesdontpee, There are many different methods used for sex determination. X/Y is just one. Some animals don't use genes at all. Humans (like many animals) use genes and chemicals (with interesting results when the two don't agree. Hormones tend to win)
Ants use Haplodiploidy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplodiploid
applesdontpee, There are many different methods used for sex determination. X/Y is just one. Some animals don't use genes at all. Humans (like many animals) use genes and chemicals (with interesting results when the two don't agree. Hormones tend to win)
Ants use Haplodiploidy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplodiploid
7 months ago #8559262
applesdontpee,
Not all animals have gender based on the x and y chromosome system humans have. This is due to divergent evolution. Many animals by default have female offspring and it's the presence of something that causes male. For example many amphibians and reptiles have gender based on temperature. If the eggs reach a certain temperature in the nest then they become male, otherwise they are female. In hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants, etc), though, the default is male and fertilization leads to females. Females have 2 different chromosomes while males have only 1 single chromosome. Birds have an entirely different system too.
Sorry for the long post, I'm a genetics student and that caught my eye!
applesdontpee,
Not all animals have gender based on the x and y chromosome system humans have. This is due to divergent evolution. Many animals by default have female offspring and it's the presence of something that causes male. For example many amphibians and reptiles have gender based on temperature. If the eggs reach a certain temperature in the nest then they become male, otherwise they are female. In hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants, etc), though, the default is male and fertilization leads to females. Females have 2 different chromosomes while males have only 1 single chromosome. Birds have an entirely different system too.
Sorry for the long post, I'm a genetics student and that caught my eye!
7 months ago #8557980
I am so excited for the new book! Can't wait until the rest of the drawings are released!
I am so excited for the new book! Can't wait until the rest of the drawings are released!
7 months ago #8557979
It goes practically any meber of the Hymenoptera family. ;) Love your work still.
It goes practically any meber of the Hymenoptera family. ;) Love your work still.
7 months ago #8557567
Anybody else excreting feels for the boy? ;; my heart-- I mean, he's got no father!! Little girl's got two parents and he doesn't ;;m;;
Anybody else excreting feels for the boy? ;; my heart-- I mean, he's got no father!! Little girl's got two parents and he doesn't ;;m;;
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One could think the ants has being hermaphrodite; the "males" being a reproductor organ, and "their" sperm being Queen's.