You’re mixing being a clone with being the same individual and sharing a mind, which are completely different things.
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wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Fun fact: must ant species’ workers are 0.01% genetically different than each other (ie. queen[s]:mate[s] ratio), and therefore are closer to clones than individual consciousnesses, strictly speaking. ☝🏼🤓
morto@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Nah, the former is scientifically sound, and the latter is SciFi. 😝
lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
This is wrong. They get the same DNA father side because male ants are haploid (meaning they have one chromosome of each instead of a pair like diploids) but they get different genes from their mother so they are more closely related than human siblings but no where near your made up number. They are still 25% different
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
None of y’all used citations so everyone is wrong!
lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
This is not how anything works. I’m giving you free information by repeating stuff I learned at school and university. If you want to be sure, look it up. This is far from hidden knowledge. I couldn’t care less if I convince a stranger on the internet.
maturelemontree@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You get an F! No passing grade! Citation is needed or you will not pass this class young man!
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
No.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
[deleted]lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Fertilized eggs are female, unfertilized eggs male. That’s why they are haploid. They are not going to mate their mother. Go read a book.
StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
That depends on their species. Isn’t it black crazy ants that can have males genetically unrelated to the queen?
solidheron@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
So they’re boba Fett
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Some a boba-sized, even!
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s funny how different hypothetical scenarios already exist in nature.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I’m sorry to inform you that the fact is made up. It’s more like 25% in the case of ants. I wrote more in another comment.
But there are greenfly who can reproduce sexually or asexually. In the former case, they have two parents – boring. But females can just have daughters with the same genetics. They don’t lie eggs but are live bearing so they get pregnant when they choose to. And there isn’t an age limit. In fact they can be pregnant and their daughter is already pregnant before birth, all genetically identical.
Redjard@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Redjard@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Then, other than their genetic code, what else is copied between individuals? Is their brain fully encoded in their chromosomes? Does the queen ant go and copy the same brain into all worker ants? Do the worker ants, when pupating, connect to the colonies wifi network and download the current neuronal image for network booting?
Do they share their fingerprints (for example hair placement) too?
MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Insects are complex and different in how they process information. Ants are smart for insects, but still not fully individuals in the same way we look at mamamilian brains.
wildlifeinformer.com/do-ants-have-brains/
The simple answer is thoughts are pheromones. Essentially one ant shares it’s individual experiences with the entire colony and the colony all works for the same goals. So yeah they kinda connect to the colony organic wifi.
Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
The argument is that ant colonies are better understood as organisms themselves with the individuals acting more like limbs.
Rugnjr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Are you aware of what identical twins are?