ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2020
Cooperative policing behaviour regulates reproductive division of labour in a termite.
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- Regulation of reproductive and behavioral plasticity in social insects.Current opinion in insect science · 2026Review
- Adaptive changes in behavioral and physiological traits during worker-reproductive transition in Reticulitermes chinensis (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2026Article
- Towards a universal understanding of sex ratio in termites.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Chemical and transcriptomic diversity do not correlate with ascending levels of social complexity in the insect order Blattodea.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
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- Interspecific competition prevents the proliferation of social cheaters in an unstructured environment.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Elusive workers are more likely to differentiate into replacement reproductives than aggressive workers in a lower termite.Current zoology · 2023Article
- Reproductives signature revealed by protein profiling and behavioral bioassays in termite.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Alarm communication predates eusociality in termites.Communications biology · 2023Article
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- Vibratory behaviour produces different vibrations patterns in presence of reproductives in a subterranean termite species.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Distinct chemical blends produced by different reproductive castes in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Reproductive conflicts are common in insect societies where helping castes retain reproductive potential. One of the mechanisms regulating these conflicts is policing, a coercive behaviour that reduces direct reproduction by other individuals. In eusocial Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps), workers or the queen act aggressively towards fertile workers, or destroy their eggs. In many termite species (order Blattodea), upon the death of the primary queen and king, workers and nymphs can differentiate into neotenic reproductives and inherit the breeding position. During this process, competition among neotenics is inevitable, but how this conflict is resolved remains unclear. Here, we report a policing behaviour that regulates reproductive division of labour in the eastern subterranean termite,
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