Termites are amongst the most abundant and ecologically-important groups of insects in
tropical forests. However, the destructive potential of some species amounts to billions of …

Termites are social cockroaches distributed throughout warm temperate and tropical
ecosystems. The ancestor of modern termites roamed the earth during the early Cretaceous …

Endoreduplication or nuclear genome replication without cell division is widely observed in
the metabolically active tissues of plants and animals. The fat body cells of adult female …

Background Sexual reproduction is the norm in almost all animal species, and in many
advanced animal societies, both males and females participate in social activities. To date …

Abstract The Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan is a recognized global biodiversity hotspot with
many endemic species. However, our knowledge of the termite fauna of the Ryukyu …

Several Trichonympha protist species in the termite gut have independently acquired
Desulfovibrio ectosymbionts in apparently different stages of symbiosis. Here, we obtained …

Simple Summary Generally, in termites, the soldier caste is sterile, and their reproductive
organ formation is suppressed. However, in some primitive taxa, neotenic reproductives with …

Males provide opportunities both for sexual reproduction and for sex-based phenotypic
differences within animal societies. In termites, the ubiquitous presence of both male and …

Closely related species within termite genera often show extremely similar morphology,
where morphological characteristics of soldiers alone or imagos (including alates and …

Termites are social cockroaches distributed throughout warm temperate and tropical
ecosystems. The ancestor of modern termites (crown-Isoptera) occurred during the earliest …