Unique zinc mass in mandibles separates drywood termites from other groups of termites

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 433-441

  Cribb, Bronwen W ^a   Stewart, Aaron ^a,b   Huang, Han ^a   Truss, Rowan ^a   Noller, Barry ^b   Rasch, Ronald ^a   Zalucki, Myron P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b University of Queensland and Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomineralisation; EDS; EDX; Insect; Jaws

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CLADISTICS; CUTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MANGANESE; TERMITE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HARDNESS; ISOPTERA; LIFESTYLE; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ISOPTERA; MANDIBLE; METALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

ARTHROPODA; CRYPTOTERMES PRIMUS; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SERRITERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 42449096730     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0346-3     Document Type: Article

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