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Weight and protozoa number but not bacteria diversity are associated with successful pair formation of dealates in the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus

New colonies of Formosan subterranean termites are founded by monogamous pairs. During swarming season, alates (winged reproductives) leave their parental colony. After swarming, they drop to the ground, shed their wings, and male and female dealates find suitable nesting sites where they mate and b...

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Autores principales: Chen, Junyan, Setia, Garima, Lin, Li-Hsiang, Sun, Qian, Husseneder, Claudia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10642788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37956140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293813