Structure and function of defensive glands in soldiers of Glossotermes oculatus (Isoptera: Serritermitidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 839-848

  ŠobotníK, Jan ^a   Bourguignon, Thomas ^b   Hanus, Robert ^a   Weyda, František ^c   Roisin, Yves ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Autothysis; Behaviour; Frontal gland; Labial glands; Labral gland; Termite; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOLDIER CASTE; SPECIALIZATION; TERMITE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GLOSSOTERMES OCULATUS; ISOPTERA; SERRITERMES SERRIFER; SERRITERMITIDAE;

EID: 77952837432     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01392.x     Document Type: Article

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