Soldier presence suppresses presoldier differentiation through a rapid decrease of JH in the termite Reticulitermes speratus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 791-795

  Watanabe, Dai ^a   Gotoh, Hiroki ^b   Miura, Toru ^b   Maekawa, Kiyoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; JH titer; LC MS; Soldier; Termite

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE;

COLONY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HORMONE; INHIBITION; JUVENILE; MOLT; SOLDIER CASTE; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES; MALE;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 79957877522     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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