Polygnous signs

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AntLover123
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Polygnous signs

Post: # 40327Post AntLover123
Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:56 am

Is there any signs that a species may be polygnous?
Currently have 4 solonopsis Invicta queens and one unknown queen.

PTasker15
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Re: Polygnous signs

Post: # 40329Post PTasker15
Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:00 am

(As from wikipedia)
A social chromosome is present in Ants.This chromosome can differentiate the social organisation of a colony carrying one of two variants of a supergene (B and b) which contains more than 600 genes. The social chromosome has often been compared to sexual chromosomes because they share similar genetic features and they define colony phenotype in a similar way. For example, colonies exclusively carrying the B variant of this chromosome accept single BB queens, but colonies with both B and b variants will accept multiple Bb queens only.Differences in another single gene can also determine whether the colony will have single or multiple queens.
Keeping ants for 6 years now.

Current Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Camponotus decipiens,Camponotus snellingi Solenopsis invicta,Nylanderia sp,Brachmyrmex patagonicus,Pheidole obscurothorax,Pheidole moerens,Pachycondyla harpax

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