Molecular basis underlying caste differentiation in termites

Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 211-253

  Miura, Toru ^a   Scharf, Michael E ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3977-4_9     Document Type: Chapter

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