She and her colleagues tracked the fortunes of 1,113 foundresses in 228 nests in southern Spain. |
Are lone paper wasp foundresses mainly the result of sister mortality? |
Gene expression in workers was more similar to foundresses, which show maternal care, than to queens and gynes, which do not. |
Because P simillimus foundresses are closely related, subordinate females would still gain in indirect fitness. |
Every little Italian convent has managed to get their foundresses raised to sainthood, haven't they? |
Because each colony is founded by a single queen, within-colony relatedness is higher than in species with multiple foundresses. |