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Should environmental caste determination be assumed for termites?

The American naturalist - 1 Jun 2009

Lo Nathan, Hayashi Yoshinobu, Kitade Osamu

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A defining feature of social insects is the differentiation of colony members into either royal or worker castes. It is widely believed that caste is determined by environmental factors, with genotype playing little or no role. Social insects are thus considered key examples of polyphenism. In termites, various data support environmental caste determination (ECD) in two of the seven families; however, the...

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PMID: 19355816
DOI: 10.1086/598498

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