Comprehensive analysis of male-free reproduction in Monomorium triviale (Formicidae: Myrmicinae).

We report comprehensive evidence for obligatory thelytokous parthenogenesis in an ant Monomorium triviale. This species is characterized by distinct queen-worker dimorphism with strict reproductive division of labor: queens produce both workers and new queens without mating, whereas workers are comp...

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Main Authors: Naoto Idogawa, Tomonori Sasaki, Kazuki Tsuji, Shigeto Dobata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246710