Soldier caste influences on candidate primer pheromone levels and juvenile hormone-dependent caste differentiation in workers of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 771-777

  Tarver, Matthew R ^a,b   Schmelz, Eric A ^c   Scharf, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadinenal; Cadinene; Caste; Chemical ecology; Juvenile hormone; Primer pheromone; Termite; Terpene

Indexed keywords

GAMMA CADINENE; GAMMA-CADINENE; JUVENILE HORMONE; SESQUITERPENE;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INHIBITOR; JUVENILE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHEROMONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOCIAL INSECT; SOLDIER CASTE; TERMITE; THRESHOLD; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES; MALE; SESQUITERPENES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES;

EID: 79957800271     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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