supersister

== 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)‎[1], NIH PLoS ONE, 25 November 2007 (last accessed)