Evolution: revenge of the clones!
Recent work on ants shows both extraordinary patterns of reproduction and a new type of sexual conflict, leading to the remarkable scenario where females have no father and males have no mother.
Sykes
Edward M
EM
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK. Ed.Sykes@ed.ac.uk
West
Stuart A
SA
D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000502:physiology*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D012737:Sex Factors