Identification of soldier-specific genes in the nasute termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Entomological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 379-387

  Hojo, Masaru ^a,b   Koshikawa, Shigeyuki ^a,c   Cornette, Richard ^a,c   Matsumoto, Tadao ^a,d   Miura, Toru ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Caste differentiation; Chemical defense; Differential display; Frontal gland; Secretion

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; NASUTITERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 33645457861     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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