Ovarian development of female-female pairs in the termite, Reticulitermes speratus

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ishitani, Kyoko ^a   Maekawa, Kiyoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

gene expression; juvenile hormone; ovary; parthenogenesis; queen; vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; ISOPTERA; OVARY; OVUM; PARTHENOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 79551616917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.010.19401     Document Type: Article

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