Impact of a juvenile hormone analogue on the anatomy and the frontal gland secretion of Prorhinotermes simplex (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-72

  Šobotník, Jan ^a   Hanus, Robert ^a   Piskorski, Rafal ^a   Urbanová, Klára ^a   Wimmer, Zdeněk ^b   Weyda, František ^c   Vytisková, Blahoslava ^d   Sillam Dussès, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; Chemical defense; Intercaste; Soldier

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE;

ANATOMY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HORMONE; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SECRETION; SOLDIER CASTE; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTION; FAT BODY; FEMALE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; ISOPTERA; MALE; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETIONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BODILY SECRETIONS; EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTION; FAT BODY; FEMALE; HEAD; ISOPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES; MALE; OVIPARITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ISOPTERA; PRORHINOTERMES SIMPLEX; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 71249162325     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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