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Caste Differentiation in Social Insects - ScienceDirect

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Edited by:J. A. L. Watson, B. M. Okot-Kotber and Ch. Noirot
ISBN: 978-0-08-030783-1

Copyright © 1985 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

In more detail than has previously been available, this book comprehensively covers all the various mechanisms of caste differentiation in social insects. For the first time the most recent information regarding mechanisms of caste differentiation in higher termites has been compiled in a well illustrated volume, together with comparative discussion of the whole range of social insects, including bees, ants and wasps.

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Section A: In Memoriam

Section B: Pathways of Caste Development in Principal Termite Groups

Section C: Environment and Caste Composition Regulation

Section D: Hormones and Caste Determination

Section E: Caste Differentiation in Other Social Insects