Identification of a queen primer pheromone in higher termites
Abstract It is long established that queens of social insects, including termites, maintain their reproductive dominance with queen primer pheromones (QPPs). Yet, the QPP chemistry has only been elucidated in a single species of lower termites. By contrast, the most diversified termite family Termit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-11-01
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| Series: | Communications Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04163-5 |