Neotenic reproductives influence worker caste differentiation in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera; Rhinotermitidae)
Division of labor among castes in social insect colonies increases ergonomic efficiency and colony-level fitness, and has played a key role in the ecological success of social insects. Knowledge of the factors that regulate castes is important for understanding adaptive social organization. Our pre...
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Sociobiology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/187 |
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