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Molecular basis for the reproductive division of labour in a lower termite.

BMC genomics - 28 Jun 2007

Weil Tobias, Rehli Michael, Korb Judith

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BACKGROUND: Polyphenism, the expression of different phenotypes with the same genetic background, is well known for social insects. The substantial physiological and morphological differences among the castes generally are the result of differential gene expression. In lower termites, workers are developmentally flexible to become neotenic replacement reproductives via a single moult after the death of the...

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PMID: 17598892
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-198
PMCID: PMC1988835

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