A Unique Conjunction: Evidence for Gynogenesis Accompanying Haplodiploid Sex Determination in the Australian Ant Myrmecia impaternata Taylor

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/psyche/volume-2018/2832690/figures/2832690.fig.003a.svgz" name="2832690.fig.003a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td>(a) M. banksi (male, testis)</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/psyche/volume-2018/2832690/figures/2832690.fig.003b.svgz" name="2832690.fig.003b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td>(b) M. impaternata (male, testis)</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/psyche/volume-2018/2832690/figures/2832690.fig.003c.svgz" name="2832690.fig.003c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td>(c) M. impaternata (queen, spermatheca)</td></tr></table>

<div>Morphological comparison of sperm cells from a Myrmecia banksi testis (a), an M. impaternata testis (b), and an M. impaternata queen spermatheca (c) (HTI).</div>

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

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Figure 3: A Unique Conjunction: Evidence for Gynogenesis Accompanying Haplodiploid Sex Determination in the Australian Ant Myrmecia impaternata Taylor

Figure 3 | A Unique Conjunction: Evidence for Gynogenesis Accompanying Haplodiploid Sex Determination in the Australian Ant Myrmecia impaternata Taylor 