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Tyraminergic and Octopaminergic Modulation of Defensive Behavior in Termite Soldier

In termites, i.e. a major group of eusocial insects, the soldier caste exhibits specific morphological characteristics and extremely high aggression against predators. Although the genomic background is identical to the other non-aggressive castes, they acquire the soldier-specific behavioral charac...

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Autores principales: Ishikawa, Yuki, Aonuma, Hitoshi, Sasaki, Ken, Miura, Toru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27196303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154230