Evidence for genetically influenced caste determination in phylogenetically diverse species of the termite genus Reticulitermes

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-260

  Kitade, Osamu ^a   Hoshi, Masahiro ^a   Odaira, Shiori ^a   Asano, Akiko ^a   Shimizu, Manami ^a   Hayashi, Yoshinobu ^b   Lo, Nathan ^c  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetically influenced caste determination; Neotenic; Worker

Indexed keywords

CASTE; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; JUVENILE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY; TERMITE;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS;

EID: 79954520321     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0856     Document Type: Article

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