Patrilines (Patril_) estimated in each colony, number of new alelles found in daughter colonies not found in any mother colony, and effective mating frequency (me), which was calculated as in Starr (1984): me=1/Σyi2me = 1/\Sigma y_i^2 , where yi is the proportion of offsprings contributing to patriline i in a colony_ Letters M or D in the column “Colony”, as in M1 and D1, refer to “Mother” and “Daughter” colony, respectively_ Equal numbers in the column “Colony” indicate the mother-daughter dyad_
| Colony | Patril. | New alleles | me |
|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M2 | 3 | 0 | 1.69 |
| D2 | 4 | 1 | 2.56 |
| M3 | 3 | 0 | 1.92 |
| D3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| M4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| M5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| D5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M7 | 3 | 0 | 1.92 |
| D7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D8 | 2 | 1 | 1.6 |
| M9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D9 | 3 | 0 | 1.6 |
| M10 | 5 | 0 | 1.47 |
| D10 | 5 | 0 | 2.53 |
| Mean (± SD) | 2.05±1.39 | 1.41±0.53 |