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- noun biology Any of a set of
sisters of ahaplodiploid species (e.g. honeybee, or anyHymenoptera ) who aredaughters of the samequeen 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.
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super- + sister
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