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Aphid Soldier Differentiation: Density Acts on Both Embryos and Newborn Nymphs
Die Naturwissenschaften, 2003The mechanism of caste differentiation in a social aphid Tuberaphis styraci, which has a sterile soldier caste in the 2nd instar, was investigated using an artificial diet rearing system. High aphid density induced soldier production. Combinatorial prenatal and postnatal density treatments revealed that (1) either prenatal high density or postnatal ...
Takema Fukatsu +2 more
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Zoological Science, 2012
Termite soldiers represent a peculiar caste among social insects in terms of their specific defensive roles. Numbers of soldiers are relatively low in a mature colony, and it is impossible to identify the individuals that will differentiate into soldiers.
Kiyoto Maekawa, Dai Watanabe
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Termite soldiers represent a peculiar caste among social insects in terms of their specific defensive roles. Numbers of soldiers are relatively low in a mature colony, and it is impossible to identify the individuals that will differentiate into soldiers.
Kiyoto Maekawa, Dai Watanabe
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Evolution & Development, 2020
AbstractTermites (Blattodea, Termitoidea, or Isoptera) constitute one of the major lineages of eusocial insects. In termite societies, multiple types of functional individuals, that is, castes, perform divisions of labors to coordinate social behaviors. Among other castes, the soldier caste is distinctive since it is sterile and exclusively specialized
Toru Miura, Kiyoto Maekawa
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AbstractTermites (Blattodea, Termitoidea, or Isoptera) constitute one of the major lineages of eusocial insects. In termite societies, multiple types of functional individuals, that is, castes, perform divisions of labors to coordinate social behaviors. Among other castes, the soldier caste is distinctive since it is sterile and exclusively specialized
Toru Miura, Kiyoto Maekawa
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Differentiating Good Soldiers from Good Actors*
Journal of Management Studies, 2007abstract In a qualitative interview study, 20 Hong Kong Chinese informants were asked to report stories about colleagues who were either ‘good soldiers’ or ‘good actors’. In stories about good soldiers, informants attributed their colleagues' organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) primarily to prosocial or pro‐organizational motives.
Robin S. Snell, Yuk Lan Wong
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Caste‐specific microRNA expression in termites: insights into soldier differentiation
Insect Molecular Biology, 2018Abstract Eusocial insects have polyphenic caste systems in which each caste exhibits characteristic morphology and behaviour. In insects, caste systems arose independently in different lineages, such as Isoptera and Hymenoptera.
M, Matsunami +8 more
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Journal of Insect Physiology, 2011
The regulation of caste differentiation is essential to insect eusociality. Termite soldiers are sterile and cannot eat by themselves because they have specialized mouth morphology. Almost all termite species have a soldier caste, and the soldier ratio per colony is maintained at a low level, probably by elaborate regulatory mechanisms.
Hiroki Gotoh, Kiyoto Maekawa, Toru Miura
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The regulation of caste differentiation is essential to insect eusociality. Termite soldiers are sterile and cannot eat by themselves because they have specialized mouth morphology. Almost all termite species have a soldier caste, and the soldier ratio per colony is maintained at a low level, probably by elaborate regulatory mechanisms.
Hiroki Gotoh, Kiyoto Maekawa, Toru Miura
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Insectes Sociaux, 1988
Termite soldiers are produced only in warm seasons in many species, and soldier ratios have been reported to vary seasonally in both lower and higher termites. Environmental parameters that may stimulate seasonal soldier production include temperature and diet.
D. A. Waller, J. P. La Fage
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Termite soldiers are produced only in warm seasons in many species, and soldier ratios have been reported to vary seasonally in both lower and higher termites. Environmental parameters that may stimulate seasonal soldier production include temperature and diet.
D. A. Waller, J. P. La Fage
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Journal of Insect Physiology, 2016
In termites, the soldier caste, with its specialized defensive morphology, is one of the most important characteristics for sociality. Most of the basal termite species have both male and female soldiers, and the soldier sex ratio is almost equal or only slightly biased.
Kouhei Toga, Kiyoto Maekawa, Toru Miura
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In termites, the soldier caste, with its specialized defensive morphology, is one of the most important characteristics for sociality. Most of the basal termite species have both male and female soldiers, and the soldier sex ratio is almost equal or only slightly biased.
Kouhei Toga, Kiyoto Maekawa, Toru Miura
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Journal of Insect Physiology, 2019
Caste differentiation in eusocial insects is an outstanding example of phenotypic plasticity. Recent studies indicate that epigenetic regulation, including DNA methylation and histone modification, play a role in the morphological and behavioral polyphenism observed in the caste differentiation of hymenopteran insects. The role of epigenetic regulation
Ryutaro, Suzuki +2 more
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Caste differentiation in eusocial insects is an outstanding example of phenotypic plasticity. Recent studies indicate that epigenetic regulation, including DNA methylation and histone modification, play a role in the morphological and behavioral polyphenism observed in the caste differentiation of hymenopteran insects. The role of epigenetic regulation
Ryutaro, Suzuki +2 more
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Journal of Insect Physiology, 2014
The social organization of termites, unlike that of other social insects, is characterized by a highly plastic caste system. With the exception of the alates, all other individuals in a colony remain at an immature stage of development. Workers in particular remain developmentally flexible; they can switch castes to become soldiers or neotenics ...
Eric Darrouzet, Elfie Perdereau
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The social organization of termites, unlike that of other social insects, is characterized by a highly plastic caste system. With the exception of the alates, all other individuals in a colony remain at an immature stage of development. Workers in particular remain developmentally flexible; they can switch castes to become soldiers or neotenics ...
Eric Darrouzet, Elfie Perdereau
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