Caste morphology and development in Termitogeton nr. planus (Insecta, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-79

  Parmentier, Dominique ^a   Roisin, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evolution; New Guinea; Sex ratio; Social polymorphism; Termites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ISOPTERA; LARVA; MALE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; LARVA; MALE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

INSECTA; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; PRORHINOTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE; TERMITOGETON; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 0037215004     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10047     Document Type: Article

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