The origin of a 'true' worker caste in termites: Mapping the real world on the phylogenetic tree

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 461-463

  Grandcolas, P ^a   D'Haese, C ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character coding; Cockroaches; Phylogeny; Termites; Worker caste

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; TERMITE; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; DICTYOPTERA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 1542378852     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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