Environmental control of juvenile hormone (JH) secretion and caste differentiation in termites

作者: M. Lüscher

DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(72)90181-5

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摘要: Abstract The differentiation of the various castes primitive termites like Kalotermes and Zootermopsis is dependent on JH-titer during molting interval larvae nymphs. A hypothesis suggested according to which only two pheromones control caste differentiation: pheromone given off by reproductives may be JH, while a JH-inhibitor or corpora allata inhibitor produced soldiers.