The making of the defensive caste: Physiology, development, and evolution of the soldier differentiation in termites,Evolution and Development

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The making of the defensive caste: Physiology, development, and evolution of the soldier differentiation in termites
Evolution and Development ( IF 2.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-14 , DOI: 10.1111/ede.12335
Toru Miura ₁ , Kiyoto Maekawa ₂

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Termites (Blattodea, Termitoidea, or Isoptera) constitute one of the major lineages of eusocial insects. In termite societies, multiple types of functional individuals, that is, castes, perform divisions of labors to coordinate social behaviors. Among other castes, the soldier caste is distinctive since it is sterile and exclusively specialized into defensive behavior with largely modified morphological features. Therefore, many of the previous studies have been focused on soldiers, in terms of ecology, behavior, and evolution as well as developmental and physiological mechanisms. This article overviews the accumulation of studies especially focusing on the developmental and physiological mechanisms underlying the soldier differentiation in termites. Furthermore, the evolutionary trajectories that have led the acquisition of soldier caste and have diversified the soldier characteristics in association with the social evolution are discussed.

中文翻译：

防御等级的形成：白蚁中士兵分化的生理，发育和演变

白蚁（Blattodea，Termitoidea或Isoptera）构成了社会昆虫的主要血统之一。在白蚁社会中，多种类型的机能性个体，即种姓，进行分工来协调社会行为。在其他种姓中，士兵种姓很独特，因为它是无菌的，专门用于防御行为，并且形态特征已大大改变。因此，许多先前的研究都集中在士兵的生态，行为，进化以及发育和生理机制方面。本文概述了研究的积累，特别是侧重于白蚁士兵分化的发育和生理机制。此外，

更新日期：2020-04-14

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