Developmental Pathways of Psammotermes hybostoma (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): Old Pseudergates Make up a New Sterile Caste

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Bourguignon, Thomas ^a,b   Šobotník, Jan ^c,d   Sillam Dussès, David ^c,e,f,g   Jiroš, Pavel ^c   Hanus, Robert ^b,c   Roisin, Yves ^b   Miura, Toru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMAGO; INSECT CASTE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; ISOPTERA; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NEOTENY; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; ONTOGENY; PSAMMOTERMES HYBOSTOMA; SOLDIER (INSECT); WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ISOPTERA; PSAMMOTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 84866463395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044527     Document Type: Article

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