Caste Differentiation in Social Insects
- ISBN-10
- 1483286185
- ISBN-13
- 9781483286181
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 420
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-04-24
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Authors
- J. A. L. Watson, B. M. Okot-Kotber, Ch. Noirot
Description
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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