Molecular underpinnings of division of labour among workers in a socially complex termite

Abstract Division of labour characterizes all major evolutionary transitions, such as the evolution of eukaryotic cells or multicellular organisms. Social insects are characterized by reproductive division of labour, with one or a few reproducing individuals (queens) and many non-reproducing nestmat...

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Main Authors: Daniel Elsner, Klaus Hartfelder, Judith Korb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97515-w