A meta-analysis testing eusocial co-option theories in termite gut physiology and symbiosis

The termite gut accomplishes key physiologic functions that underlie termite symbiosis and sociality. However, potential candidate functions of the host-symbiont holobiome have not yet been explored across seemingly divergent processes such as digestion, immunity, caste differentiation, and xenobiot...

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Main Authors: Michael E. Scharf, Yunpeng Cai, Yijun Sun, Ruchira Sen, Rhitoban Raychoudhury, Drion G. Boucias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-03-01
Series:Communicative & Integrative Biology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2017.1295187