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The vast majority of female ants are sterile. It is unclear how they are chosen but there are a select few, and I say few because there are more than one that can reproduce and will take the place as the queen. About 100 000 female ants and possibly 10 reproductive ants, as a relative ratio. Almost all ants you will see ever are sterile and female. The reproducing female ants stay out of harms way, and there are more than one so if one dies the colony isn't doomed! Male ants are not common either as they do not live very long, and only have one function which is to mate with the queen.
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When twin female calves are born is one or both sterile?
Neither. Both calves will be fertile. You will only get a sterile female calf if she's born to a twin bull brother.
What is a female calf born sterile as twin to male calf?
It is called a freemartin.
What do drone ants do in their colonies?
Drones are the ants in the colony that are males. The drone ants are born from unfertilized eggs and do not work but can fly.
When twin male calf are born is one or both sterile?
Fertility or sterility is not determined by birth circumstances. That is, just because an animal is born a twin, doesn't mean it will be sterile, or fertile. Being a twin has nothing to do with it.Another opinion:When twin bull calves are born neither are sterile, they're both fertile. The issue comes when the twin bull is born with a twin heifer, where there's a chance that she may be a freemartin and have a 90% chance of being sterile.
Are queen ants born or can any ant become a queen?
Born
When twin female calves are born is one or both sterile?
Neither. Both calves will be fertile. You will only get a sterile female calf if she's born to a twin bull brother.
What is a female calf born sterile as twin to male calf?
It is called a freemartin.
What is a female calf that is born sterile and is a twin to a male calf called?
A freemartin.
Every once in a while a female cat will be born sterile this means that the cat cannot have kittens does this mean that the cat is not alive since it cannot reproduce?
No. Being sterile does not mean the cat is dead because it is only a disorder.
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