@CarlyAnneYork Asexuality is rare in termites, but in the species Reticulitermes speratus, two queens can pair up and successfully found a colony together, asexually. Also, queens paired with kings can produce their successors by closing the sperm gates on
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@Cotesia1 I saw a paper by Yashiro and Matsuura 2014 (https://t.co/UKZnWTRYEw) that discovered that termites close their micropyles between sexual and asexual reproduction. But I don't know how widespread it is in insects.
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"Queen control of egg fertilization in termites [Evolution]" http://t.co/LvFXI8dAPA
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京大、昆虫が有性生殖から単為生殖に切り替えるメカニズム 財経新聞 http://t.co/AQUaA3J5kS シロアリの単為生殖は卵表面の精子を通す卵門により決まる。老化すると卵門が減って単為生殖になり女王アリを生む。(PNAS)→ http://t.co/o7zP9w2Wrb