I have always been weak on this subject but.....

>>>>> there will be a shuffling of the genetic pack when the queens diploid
egg cell precursors are differentiated in to haploid eggs (i.e. meiosis).
During meiosis, parts of the maternal chromosome is swapped with the
corresponding part of the paternal chromosome (and vice versa) before they
are separated to for two haploid cells.<<<<<<<

...May not be well thought out. In meosis, sperm (Paternal chromosome) and
egg, (maternal chromosome) are truly made into a single DNA  strand. The
writer has omitted that the drone comes from an unfertilized egg. The egg is
not fertilized and then separated into 2 haploid cells. The egg arrives and
remains haploid. Or am I just being thick?

There are so many readers that have this down cold. They must be smiling.

Dick

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