Asexual queen succession in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes virginicus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1729, 2012, Pages 813-819

  Vargo, Edward L ^a   Labadie, Paul E ^a   Matsuura, Kenji ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Caste differentiation; Inbreeding; Microsatellite; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEONATE; PARTHENOGENESIS; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SOLDIER CASTE; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; TERMITE;

NORTH CAROLINA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 84855686886     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1030     Document Type: Article

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