Hi,
I'm not sure I understand the biology of ant's sex life. So if anybody understands this topic better than I do please shine some light on this matter.
So far this is what I understand: queens are diploid, fertilized eggs which are also diploid become females, unfertalized eggs which are haploid become males. Queen's gametes are haploid, what about male gametes? Are they haploid or half haploid? How much of the male genome is present in the next generation? Half or only quarter? And if only a quarter of genes are from a male and half of the genome is from a queen, where from is "the missing" quarter? How can gene diversity be maintained if a male is not "realy a male" but only half of the queen's genes?
Another question: why are all workers in hymenopteran societies female?
Thanks for answers.