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What are foundresses?

What are foundresses? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of foundress
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The relative importance of LMC and of inbreeding depends on the number of foundresses that oviposit in a local patch.
Because each colony is founded by a single queen, within-colony relatedness is higher than in species with multiple foundresses.
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.
Pollinator fig wasp foundresses enter the figs in order to lay their eggs in, and gall, the ovules that line the inner surface of the fig.
Every little Italian convent has managed to get their foundresses raised to sainthood, haven't they?

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