Termites are known as social insects worldwide. Presently in China 473 species, 44 genera
and 4 families of termites have been reported. Of them, 111 Reticulitermes species are …

Wolbachia is one of the most common intracellular symbionts among insects, but the
function of this infection and its effects on the host still remain largely unknown for many …

Horizontal transmission between distantly related species has been used to explain how
Wolbachia infect multiple species at astonishing rates despite the selection for resistance …

Males are a ubiquitous feature of animals and play crucial roles beyond the contribution of
gametes in some species (eg, paternal care for offspring and nuptial gifts for females). In …

Sexually reproducing organisms face a strong selective pressure to find a mate and ensure
reproduction. An important criterion during mate‐selection is to avoid closely related …

Termites are eusocial cockroaches, which have received great attention due to their diversity
of reproductive strategies. Although these novelties allow new interpretations concerning the …

Termite species from phylogenetically distant lineages were shown to combine both sexual
and 15 parthenogenetic reproductions, in a breeding system dubbed as “Asexual Queen …

Eusocial insects have a diverse mechanism of reproduction to know the termite genealogy,
and we examined the Reticulitermes aculabialis breeding mechanism. This well-known …

Eusocial insects have a diverse mechanism of reproduction to know the termite genealogy,
and we examined the Reticulitermes aculabialis breeding mechanism. This well-known …