Colour variation and polyethism of the soldier caste in the termite Macrotermes bellicosus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-55

  Konate, Souleymane ^a   Leuthold, Reinhard ^b   Hari, Markus ^c   Veivers, Pamela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Sch of Biochem and Molec Genetics ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age group; Isoptera; Macrotermes bellicosus; Polyethism; Soldiers; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; COLOR; POLYETHISM; TERMITE;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES BELLICOSUS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0034017427     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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