Termite-egg mimicry by a sclerotium-forming fungus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1591, 2006, Pages 1203-1209

  Matsuura, Kenji ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg recognition; Insect fungus interaction; Mimicry; Sclerotia; Termites

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; EGG; EGG SIZE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIMICRY; PHYLOGENY; RECOGNITION; TERMITE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SIZE; FUNGAL SCLEROTIUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES HABITAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APHYLLOPHORALES; CYTOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES OKINAWANUS; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA);

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ISOPTERA; OVUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYPORALES;

EID: 33745037549     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3434     Document Type: Article

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