Genetic caste determination in termites: Out of the shade but not from Mars

BioEssays

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-302

  Crozier, Ross H ^a   Schlüns, Helge ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CANNIBALISM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FIGHTING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; INSECT CASTE; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SOLDIER (INSECT); WORKER (INSECT);

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; INSECTS; ISOPTERA; MALE; PEDIGREE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS;

EID: 41649107800     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20732     Document Type: Review

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