Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality
M. C. Harrison, E. Jongepier, H. M. Robertson…·E. Bornberg-Bauer
The paper compares genomes and transcriptomes of termites and cockroaches to identify molecular mechanisms underlying termite eusociality, finding parallels and differences with Hymenoptera.
DOI 10.1038/s41559-017-0459-1