Social interactions affecting caste development through physiological actions in termites

A colony of social insects is not only an aggregation of individuals but also a functional unit. To achieve adaptive social behavior in fluctuating environmental conditions, in addition to coordination of physiological status in each individual, the whole colony is coordinated by interactions among...

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Main Authors: Dai eWatanabe, Hiroki eGotoh, Toru eMiura, Kiyoto eMaekawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2014.00127/full