In a mechanism of sex determination known as haplodiploidy, fertilized eggs will become female offspring, while unfertilized eggs will become males. Maureen Dolan, NOVA Online's intern ...

While is it not required for eusociality to evolve (naked mole rats and termites are diplodiploid), haplodiploidy may help to explain why eusociality has arisen multiple times within the Hymenoptera.

A new citizen science survey aims to shed light on that fixture of summertime in the outdoors: the wasp. Though much maligned, these fascinating creatures perform a vital ecological role, say ...

Haplodiploidy in honey bees 6.6 Sex – Linked inheritance–Sex linkage in Drosophila, Sex linked inheritance - in Human beings – Haemophilia, colorblindness mendeli and isordersin humans ...