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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2018

A lipocalin protein, Neural Lazarillo, is key to social interactions that promote termite soldier differentiation.

Hajime Yaguchi, Shuji Shigenobu, Yoshinobu Hayashi, Satoshi Miyazaki, Kouhei Toga, Yudai Masuoka, Kiyoto Maekawa

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Genome Evolution in Social Insects.Genome biology and evolution · 2026
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  6. Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of the subterranean termiteProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  7. Lipocalins in Arthropod Chemical Communication.Genome biology and evolution · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Hajime YaguchiGraduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
Shuji ShigenobuNIBB Core Research Facilities, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan.
Yoshinobu HayashiDepartment of Biology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.
Satoshi MiyazakiDepartment of Agri-Production Sciences, Tamagawa University, Machida, Japan.
Kouhei TogaDepartment of Biosciences, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.
Yudai MasuokaGraduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
Kiyoto MaekawaGraduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan kmaekawa@sci.u-toyama.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-2354-1059
Keio University · JPNational Agriculture and Food Research Organization · JPNational Institute for Basic Biology · JPNihon University · JPTamagawa University · JPUniversity of the Ryukyus · JPUniversity of Toyama · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social communication among castes is a crucial component of insect societies. However, the genes involved in soldier determination through the regulation of inter-individual interactions are largely unknown. In an incipient colony of the damp-wood termite

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AnimalsFemaleGene ExpressionInsect ProteinsIsopteraLarvaLipocalinsMalePopulation DynamicsSocial BehaviorInsect ProteinsLipocalinscaste differentiationjuvenile hormonequeentranscriptometrophallaxis

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PMID30051867
PMCPMC6083259
OpenAlexW2883798589

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