Changes in endogenous cellulase gene expression levels and reproductive characteristics of primary and secondary reproductives with colony development of the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1118-1124

  Shimada, Keisuke ^a   Maekawa, Kiyoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost of brood care; Eusociality; Reproductive caste; Trophic shift; Wood digestion

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DIGESTION; EUSOCIALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LABOR DIVISION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TERMITE; TRADE-OFF; TROPHIC STATUS; WORKER CASTE;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77955171505     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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