Evolution of the asexual queen succession system and its underlying mechanisms in termites

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Clonal reproduction with androgenesis and somatic recombination: the case of the ant Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi

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Facultative asexual reproduction and genetic diversity of populations in the humivorous termiteCavitermes tuberosus

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Clonal reproduction with androgenesis and somatic recombination: the case of the ant Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi

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Caste-Specific and Sex-Specific Expression of Chemoreceptor Genes in a Termite

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Termite queens have disproportionately more DNA in their fat body cells: reproductive division of labor and endoreduplication

(2015) Tomonari Nozaki et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Asexual queen succession in the higher termiteEmbiratermes neotenicus

(2015) Romain Fougeyrollas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Termite queens close the sperm gates of eggs to switch from sexual to asexual reproduction

(2014) Toshihisa Yashiro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Breeding systems and reproductive strategies in Italian Reticulitermes colonies (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

(2013) A. Luchetti et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Sexual Conflict over the Maintenance of Sex: Effects of Sexually Antagonistic Coevolution for Reproductive Isolation of Parthenogenesis

(2013) Kazutaka Kawatsu   PLoS One

Sex ratio biases in termites provide evidence for kin selection

(2013) Kazuya Kobayashi et al.   Nature Communications

Social Hybridogenesis in the Clonal Ant Cataglyphis hispanica

(2012) Laurianne Leniaud et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Hybridogenesis through thelytokous parthenogenesis in twoCataglyphisdesert ants

(2012) P. A. Eyer et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Unusual modes of reproduction in social insects: Shedding light on the evolutionary paradox of sex

(2011) Tom Wenseleers et al.   BIOESSAYS

Ant queens adjust egg fertilization to benefit from both sexual and asexual reproduction

(2011) S. Aron et al.   Biology Letters

Sib mating without inbreeding in the longhorn crazy ant

(2011) M. Pearcy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Asexual queen succession in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes virginicus

(2011) E. L. Vargo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Termites (Isoptera): Their Phylogeny, Classification, and Rise to Ecological Dominance

(2010) Michael S. Engel et al.   AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES

Identification of a pheromone regulating caste differentiation in termites

(2010) K. Matsuura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Talua SINE Biology in the Genome of the Reticulitermes Subterranean Termites (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)

(2009) Andrea Luchetti et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Queen Succession Through Asexual Reproduction in Termites

(2009) K. Matsuura et al.   SCIENCE

Genomic imprinting and kinship in the social Hymenoptera: What are the predictions?

(2008) Daniel J.C. Kronauer   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY