Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxiv
Sex-specific inhibition and stimulation of worker-reproductive transition in a termite
Q. Sun, K. F. Haynes, J. D. Hampton, X. Zhou
This study shows that neotenic reproductives in termites regulate worker-reproductive transition differently in males and females, inhibiting same-sex workers and stimulating opposite-sex workers.
DOI 10.1007/s00114-017-1501-5