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Nepal Labour Migration Report 2024’s silence on caste reinforces the myth that migration is casteless.https://kathmandupost.com/columns/2025/12/21/caste-and-labour ...
Bhagat, A, Shrestha, A
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Diet and cell size both affect queen-worker differentiation through DNA methylation in honey bees (Apis mellifera, Apidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Young larvae of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) are totipotent; they can become either queens (reproductives) or workers (largely sterile helpers). DNA methylation has been shown to play an important role in this differentiation. In this study, we examine
Yuan Yuan Shi +5 more
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Chemical Components of Dufour’s and Venom Glands in Camponotus japonicus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Insects, 2023 The Dufour’s and venom glands are the most developed glands connected to the female reproductive organs, playing important roles in defense, foraging, information exchange, and reproduction in ants. The main chemical secretions of these glands vary among
Wenjing Xu +4 more
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Dopamine regulates termite soldier differentiation through trophallactic behaviours [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Caste polyphenism in social insects is regulated by social interactions among colony members. Trophallaxis is one of the most frequently observed interactions, but no studies have been conducted identifying the intrinsic factors involved in this ...
Hajime Yaguchi +3 more
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Meera Estrada : Discourse on Caste
, 2023 This interview is part of the “Caste in Canada” oral history project. “Caste in Canada” comprises interviews with nineteen Canadians of Dalit background, documenting their histories, experiences, and understanding of the implications of caste in Canada ...
Estrada, Meera +2 more
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Getting more than a fair share: nutrition of worker larvae related to social parasitism in the Cape honey bee Apis mellifera capensis [PDF]
, 2002 Besides activation of ovaries and thelytokous reproduction of Cape workers, larval nutrition is an important aspect in parasitism of the African honey bee.
Calis, J.N.M. +7 more
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Insects, 2012 The Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus) is an important worldwide pest, each year causing millions of dollars in structural damage and control costs. Termite colonies are composed of several phenotypically distinct castes.
Alan Lax +4 more
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CasteThe tea plantations of Assam, remnants of the British Raj in postcolonial India, comprise an important epistemic site for interrogating transformations in the ancient caste system within Indian modernity.
Sanghamitra Das
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Nature Communications, 2017 Although common in ants and termites, worker differentiation into physical castes is rare in social bees and unknown in wasps. Here, Grüter and colleagues find a guard caste in ten species of stingless bees and show that the evolution of the guard caste ...
Christoph Grüter +8 more
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Education, caste and occupational differentials in fertility in India
European Journal of Geography, 2020 This study analyses the impact of four prominent factors (education, caste, occupation and development) on fertility in India. The study has also analysed the spatial variations of TFR in India. This spatial analysis also helps in identifying the impact of fertility on Development in India. Present study estimates fertility from census that covers all
Kalyan Sundar SOM, Ramesh P. MISHRA
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