Winged presoldiers induced by a juvenile hormone analog in Zootermopsis nevadensis: Implications for plasticity and evolution of caste differentiation in termites

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-32

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alate; Caste differentiation; Juvenile hormone analog; Soldier; Termites; Winged presoldier

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO INDUCTION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; ISOPTERA; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRICS; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ISOPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORPHOGENESIS; OVARY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WING;

ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE; ZOOTERMOPSIS NEVADENSIS;

EID: 0038422909     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10100     Document Type: Article

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