Caste differentiation in lower termites [PDF]
, 2010 Soziale Insekten sind bedeutende Modellorganismen der Evolutionsbiologie. Ihre Kasten sind ein Beispiel phänotypischer Plastizität, wobei die großen Unterschiede zwischen den Kasten auf differentieller Genexpression beruhen. Die hochkomplexen Strukturen sozialen Lebens dieser Insekten sind durch eine reproduktive Arbeitsteilung und vielfältige ...
Weil, Tobias
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Upregulation of Hox genes leading to caste-specific morphogenesis in a termite
EvoDevo, 2023 Background In social insects, interactions among colony members trigger caste differentiation with morphological modifications. In termite caste differentiation, caste-specific morphologies (such as mandibles in soldiers, genital organs in reproductives ...
Kohei Oguchi, Toru Miura
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Same Genes, Different Wings: Wing Shape Divergence Among Castes in a Social Wasp [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionWings play a central role in shaping dispersal, behavior, and ecological specialization of insects. In social insects, distinct castes with specialized morphologies arise from a shared genome, raising the question of how divergence of traits, such as ...
Kayla A. Murray +5 more
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Juvenile Hormone as a Key Regulator for Asymmetric Caste Differentiation in Ants [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaWeiwei Liu, Xueqin Dai, Guojie Zhang
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Comprehensive Genomic Analysis Reveals Novel Transposable Element-Derived MicroRNA Regulating Caste Differentiation in Honeybees [PDF]
Molecular Biology and EvolutionJinshan Xu, Zeyang Zhou, Xiang-You Tang
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Sociobiology, 2021 Queen-worker caste dimorphism is a typical trait for honeybees (Apis mellifera). We previously showed a maternal effect on caste differentiation and queen development, where queens emerged from queen-cell eggs (QE) had higher quality than queens ...
Xu Jiang He +5 more
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The Sikhs and caste : a study of the Sikh community in Leeds and Bradford [PDF]
, 1989 This thesis examines the persistence of caste among the Sikh community in Leeds and, to some extent, in the neighbouring city of Bradford. The notion that the Sikhs are a casteless brotherhood is challenged in the context of a brief discussion of the ...
Kalsi, Sewa Singh
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Characterization of head transcriptome and analysis of gene expression involved in caste differentiation and aggression in Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundThe subterranean termite Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki) is a serious insect pest of trees and dams in China. To date, very little is known about genomic or transcriptomic data for caste differentiation and aggression in O. formosanus. Hence,
Qiuying Huang +3 more
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Caste-biased Expression of fem and Amdsx Genes in Apis mellifera ligustica (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Sociobiology, 2021 Sex determination and caste differentiation are two crucial processes for morphology building in honeybees. It is unclear whether there is an interaction between these two processes.
Lu-Xia Pan, Fu-Ping Cheng, Zi-Long Wang
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TGFβ signaling related genes are involved in hormonal mediation during termite soldier differentiation. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2018 A working knowledge of the proximate factors intrinsic to sterile caste differentiation is necessary to understand the evolution of eusocial insects. Genomic and transcriptomic analyses in social hymenopteran insects have resulted in the hypothesis that ...
Yudai Masuoka +4 more
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