Ergatoid queen development in the ant Myrmecina nipponica: Modular and heterochronic regulation of caste differentiation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1690, 2010, Pages 1953-1961

  Miyazaki, Satoshi ^a,b,d   Murakami, Takahiro ^c   Kubo, Takuya ^a   Azuma, Noriko ^a   Higashi, Seigo ^a   Miura, Toru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caste development; Heterochrony; Imaginal primordia; Modularity; Social insect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); HISTOLOGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; PUPA; QUEEN;

EID: 77955399320     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0142     Document Type: Article

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