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Antennal cropping during colony foundation in termites

Abstract. The literature on pairing and mating behavior in termites indicates that a number of distal antennal segments in dealates of both sexes are often removed during colony foundation, with terms such as amputation, mutilation and cannibalism typically employed to report the phenomenon. Here we...

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Autores principales: Nalepa, Christine A., Evans, Theodore A., Lenz, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3264414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22287897
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.148.1854