different between haplodiploid vs supersister

haplodiploid

English

Etymology

haplo- +? diploid

Adjective

haplodiploid (not comparable)

  1. (biology, of a species) In which members of one sex are haploid and members of the other are diploid; found especially in the Hymenoptera

Translations

Noun

haplodiploid (plural haplodiploids)

  1. Such an organism

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supersister

English

Etymology

super- +? sister

Noun

supersister (plural supersisters)

  1. (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 title of the work)?[1], NIH PLoS ONE, accessed 2007-11-25

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