Male neotenic reproductives accelerate additional differentiation of female reproductives by lowering JH titer in termites
Abstract Eusocial insects exhibit reproductive division of labor, in which only a fraction of colony members differentiate into reproductives. In termites, reproductives of both sexes are present in a colony and constantly engaged in reproduction. It has been suggested that the sex ratio of reproduc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66403-0 |