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Caste Differentiation in Social Insects
1st Edition - March 1, 1985
Editors: J. A. L. Watson, B. M. Okot-Kotber, Ch. Noirot
Language: English
eBook ISBN:9781483286181
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In more detail than has previously been available, this book comprehensively covers all the various mechanisms of caste differentiation in social insects. For the first time the…Read more
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In more detail than has previously been available, this book comprehensively covers all the various mechanisms of caste differentiation in social insects. For the first time the most recent information regarding mechanisms of caste differentiation in higher termites has been compiled in a well illustrated volume, together with comparative discussion of the whole range of social insects, including bees, ants and wasps.
For advanced and postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows of entomology, zoology, physiology and endocrinology.
(partial) In memorium Martin Lüscher, J de Wilde. Genetic relations among castes in lower termites, P Luykx. Caste development in Mastotermes and kalotermes: which is primitive? J A L Watson & J J Sewell. Pathways of caste development in the lower termites, Ch Noirot. Dynamic study of polymorphism in Schedorhinotermes lamanianus (Rhinotermitidae), J Renoux. The caste system in higher termites, Ch Noirot. Caste polymorphism in a higher termite, Macrotermes michaelseni (Termitidae: Macrotermitinae), B M Okot-Kotber. Development of neotenics in Mastotermes darwiniensis Froggatt: an alternative strategy, J A L Watson & H M Abbey. Is inter- and intraspecific variability of lower termite neotenic numbers due to adaptive thresholds for neotenic elimination? -- considerations from studies on Porotermes adamsoni (Froggatt) (Isoptera: Termopsidae), M Lenz. Reproductive strategies in Cryptotermes: neotenic production in indigenous and 'tramp' species in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae), M Lenz et al. The function of the royal pair in the society of Kalotermes flavicollis (Fabr.) (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae), A Springhetti.
No. of pages: 420
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: March 1, 1985
Imprint: Pergamon
eBook ISBN: 9781483286181
JW
J. A. L. Watson
Affiliations and expertise
CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra, Australia
BO
B. M. Okot-Kotber
Affiliations and expertise
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya
CN
Ch. Noirot
Affiliations and expertise
University of Dijon, France
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