Molecular genetic techniques have made contributions to studies on subterranean termites
at all levels of biological organization. Most of this work has focused on Reticulitermes and …

Highlights•The IIS/TORC1 and MEKRE93 pathways coordinately regulate body size by
regulating nymphal growth, molting, and metamorphosis;•Blattodea insects have evolved …

The evolution and maintenance of sexual reproduction may involve important tradeoffs
because asexual reproduction can double an individual's contribution to the gene pool but …

Many parthenogenetically reproducing animals produce offspring not clonally but through
different mechanisms collectively referred to as automixis. Here, meiosis proceeds normally …

While hybridization of an invasive species with a native species is a common occurrence,
hybridization between two invasive species is rare. Formosan subterranean termites …

Termites of the genus Reticulitermes are some of the most significant pests of structural
timber and tree farming in the northern hemisphere, causing losses in the billions of dollars …

The most ecologically successful and destructive termite species are those with both a
nymph caste and an irreversibly wingless worker caste. The early developmental bifurcation …

Eusocial living influences mating system evolution if kin selection selects for a low number of
fathers to increase helper relatedness and helping incentive. Consequently, polyandry …

Eusocial insects exhibit the most striking example of phenotypic plasticity. There has been a
long controversy over the factors determining caste development of individuals in social …

In hexapods, unlike the majority of animals, development without fertilization is a common
phenomenon. They evolved a striking diversity of unisexual reproductive types that include a …