messor_ibericus

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   by messor_ibericus 1y ago

   1) There are many greek-latin hybrid words in biology (hepatocyte, neurotransmitter, gastrointestinal...). 2) Xenogenesis is a word that already existed before the publication of the article and using the same world could have been confusin
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   by messor_ibericus 1y ago

   I guess you missed the point that M. ibericus and M. structor are at this point of no return: like donkey and horse, they can't interbreed successfully, as hybrids are all workers and can't mate.
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   by messor_ibericus 1y ago

   One of the author of the study here. Your scenario is very good. The reason why we believe that the second one is way more likely is because there are several other species of the Messor genus that need to hybridize to produce workers, so i