Mandibular morphogenesis during soldier differentiation in the damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjoestedti (Isoptera: Termopsidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 180-184

  Koshikawa, Shigeyuki ^a   Matsumoto, Tadao ^a   Miura, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE;

DIFFERENTIATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; SOCIAL INSECT; TERMITE;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL CASTE; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; ISOPTERA; MANDIBLE; MOLTING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SOLDIER;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; HODOTERMOPSIS; HODOTERMOPSIS SJOESTEDTI; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 0037955592     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0408-5     Document Type: Article

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