Upregulation of Hox genes leading to caste-specific morphogenesis in a termite

Hormone-related genes heterochronically and modularly regulate neotenic differentiation in termites

(2022) Kohei Oguchi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Phylogeny, biogeography and classification of Teletisoptera (Blattaria: Isoptera)

(2022) Menglin Wang et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Hox dosage contributes to flight appendage morphology in Drosophila

(2021) Rachel Paul et al.   Nature Communications

The making of the defensive caste: Physiology, development, and evolution of the soldier differentiation in termites

(2020) Toru Miura et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Male neotenic reproductives accelerate additional differentiation of female reproductives by lowering JH titer in termites

(2020) Kohei Oguchi et al.   Scientific Reports

Termite soldier mandibles are elongated by dachshund under hormonal and Hox gene controls

(2019) Yasuhiro Sugime et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Beetle horns evolved from wing serial homologs

(2019) Yonggang Hu et al.   SCIENCE

Unique Morphogenesis in the Damp-Wood Termite: Abscission of the Stylus during Female Reproductive Caste Differentiation

(2019) Kohei Oguchi et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Juvenile hormone as a physiological regulator mediating phenotypic plasticity in pancrustaceans

(2018) Toru Miura   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Regulation of neotenic differentiation through direct physical contact in the damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti

(2017) H. Shimoji et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Juvenile hormone and hemimetabolan eusociality: a comparison of cockroaches with termites

(2017) Judith Korb et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Ecdysone signaling regulates soldier-specific cuticular pigmentation in the termiteZootermopsis nevadensis

(2016) Yudai Masuoka et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Knockdown of the juvenile hormone receptor gene inhibits soldier-specific morphogenesis in the damp-wood termite Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera: Archotermopsidae)

(2015) Yudai Masuoka et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Expansion of presoldier cuticle contributes to head elongation during soldier differentiation in termites

(2015) Yasuhiro Sugime et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Expansion of presoldier cuticle contributes to head elongation during soldier differentiation in termites

(2015) Yasuhiro Sugime et al.   Science of Nature

Expression and function of a limb-patterning geneDistal-lessin the soldier-specific morphogenesis in the nasute termiteNasutitermes takasagoensis

(2015) Kouhei Toga et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Hox genes require homothorax and extradenticle for body wall identity specification but not for appendage identity specification during metamorphosis of Tribolium castaneum

(2014) Frank W. Smith et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Hox GeneDeformedis likely involved in mandibular regression during presoldier differentiation in the nasute termiteNasutitermes takasagoensis

(2013) Kouhei Toga et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Soldier Morphogenesis in the Damp-Wood Termite Is Regulated by the Insulin Signaling Pathway

(2013) Akiko Hattori et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Sex-specific gene interactions in the patterning of insect genitalia

(2011) Ariel C. Aspiras et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Functional analysis of Scr during embryonic and post-embryonic development in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana

(2010) Steven Hrycaj et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Diverging functions of Scr between embryonic and post-embryonic development in a hemimetabolous insect, Oncopeltus fasciatus

(2009) John Chesebro et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Life history and development - a framework for understanding developmental plasticity in lower termites

(2008) Judith Korb et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Juvenile hormone titers and caste differentiation in the damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti (Isoptera, Termopsidae)

(2008) Richard Cornette et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY