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Diversity of Termite Breeding Systems.
Review in Insects, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- A new narrative for social immunity research in termites.Trends open · 2026Review
- Urban Habitat Mosaics Structure Gene Flow but Preserve Genetic Diversity in an Invasive Termite.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- How do termite baits work? implication of subterranean termite colony demography on the successful implementation of baits.Journal of economic entomology · 2025Review
- Genetic Diversity and Breeding System of the Pestiferous Subterranean TermiteCurrent issues in molecular biology · 2025Article
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- Effect on genetic diversity of the absence of intraspecies preference in 2 sympatric Reticulitermes termite species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2023Article
- Same-sex Pairs Retain Their Reproductive Capacity as a Potential Opportunity for Individual Reproductive Success in Termites.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2023Article
- Properties of a neutral, thermally stable and surfactant-tolerant pullulanase from worker termite gut-dwellingHeliyon · 2022Article
- Short and long-term costs of inbreeding in the lifelong-partnership in a termite.Communications biology · 2022Article
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- Patterns of Genetic Diversity and Mating Systems in a Mass-Reared Black Soldier Fly Colony.Insects · 2021Article
- Natural variation in colony inbreeding does not influence susceptibility to a fungal pathogen in a termite.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
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- Distinct chemical blends produced by different reproductive castes in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Colony-age-dependent variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in subterranean termite colonies.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Increased genetic diversity from colony merging in termites does not improve survival against a fungal pathogen.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
Termites are social insects that live in colonies headed by reproductive castes. The breeding system is defined by the number of reproductive individuals in a colony and the castes to which they belong. There is tremendous variation in the breeding system of termites both within and among species. The current state of our understanding of termite breeding systems is reviewed. Most termite colonies are founded by a primary (alate-derived) king and queen who mate and produce the other colony members. In some species, colonies continue throughout their life span as simple families headed by the original king and queen. In others, the primary king and queen are replaced by numerous neotenic (nymph- or worker-derived) reproductives, or less commonly primary reproductives, that are descendants of the original founding pair leading to inbreeding in the colony. In still others, colonies can have multiple unrelated reproductives due to either founding the colonies as groups or through colony fusion. More recently, parthenogenetic reproduction has shown to be important in some termite species and may be widespread. A major challenge in termite biology is to understand the ecological and evolutionary factors driving the variation in termite breeding systems.
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