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Methoprene and Temperature Effects on Caste Differentiation and Protein Composition in the Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus

The utilization of multiple castes is a shared feature of social insects. In termites, multiple extrinsic factors have been shown to impact caste differentiation; for example, increased temperature has been shown to increase soldier production. Also, application of exogenous methoprene has also been...

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Autores principales: Tarver, Matthew R., Florane, Christopher B., Zhang, Dunhua, Grimm, Casey, Lax, Alan R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Library 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22943185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.012.1801