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English
Etymology
From super- + sister.
Pronunciation
Noun
supersister (plural supersisters)
- (biology) Any of a set of sisters of a haplodiploid species (e.g. honeybee, or any Hymenoptera) who are daughters of the same queen that was inseminated by a single male (drone). By contrast, full sisters of a diploid species (e.g. humans) share a genetic coefficient of relatedness of 0.5. Supersisters share 0.75 relatedness.
References
- “Effects of Insemination Quantity on Honey Bee Queen Physiology”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), NIH PLoS ONE, 2007 November 25 (last accessed)