Fig. 6

Consequence of the distinct profiles of variation among modules (a) on mosaicism (b). a Profiles of variation as a function of individual body length for the six modules. b Mosaicism as a function of individual body length for each individual (green squares queens; blue triangles intercastes; red circles workers). Mosaicism was low for both low and high body length, i.e., when all modules either showed a low or a high queen-likeness. As individual body length increased up to intermediate values, mosaicism increased from workers to intercastes (as expected from Fig. 1). There was no quantitative difference in mosaicism between the largest workers and intercastes