Termite soldier differentiation in incipient colonies is related to parental proctodeal trophallactic behavior

Zoological Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 213-217

  Maekawa, Kiyoto ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^a   Watanabe, Dai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

caste differentiation; incipient colony; primary reproductives; proctodeal trophallaxis; soldiers; termites

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ISOPTERA; LARVA; METABOLISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ISOPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; ZOOTERMOPSIS NEVADENSIS;

EID: 84859407536     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.29.213     Document Type: Article

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