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SUBMITTER: Ishitani K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3029259 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ishitani Kyoko K Maekawa Kiyoto K
Journal of insect science (Online) 20100101
In the rhinotermitid termite Reticulitermes speratus (Kolbe) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), facultative parthenogenesis is known to occur occasionally and females cooperate with other females to found the colony. To elucidate the ovarian development in these two females, incipient female-female colonies were established under laboratory conditions, and the process of colony development was observed at 0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, and 7.5 months (stages I-V, respectively) after colony foundation. Ovarian de ...[more]