Thursday, 3 August 2006: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Congressional (Omni Shoreham Hotel)
Symposium 17: Evolution and development in caste differentiation of termites
Termites are one of the major groups of eusocial insects, possessing castes that accomplish sophisticated social behavior through division of labor. However, the evolutionary origins of various castes, including workers, soldiers and reproductives is a subject of contention. In this symposium, several termitologists will give talks on the evolution of termite castes in terms of life history strategies, developmental regulation and molecular basis of caste differentiation. The aim of this symposium is to clarify the questions that will lead to an understanding of the evolution of termite societies.
Organizers:Toru Miura
Graham J. Thompson
10:00 AM188Foraging by termites without workers: implications for the evolution of castes and life types
Yves Roisin, Thomas Rupf, Dominique Parmentier
10:20 AM189The origin of the sexual division of labor in termites: Which sex should be soldiers?
Kenji Matsuura
10:40 AM190The Extended Royal Family: Origin, Persistence, Polyphenism and Evolutionary Implications of Termite Neotenics and Reproductive Soldiers
Barbara L. Thorne, Nancy L. Breisch, Philip M. Johns, Ryan A. Abdul-Haqq
11:00 AM191Some of the unique features of development and caste differentiation in the Formosan subterranean termite(Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Ashok K. Raina
11:20 AM192What makes a queen - Molecular basis for the reproductive division of labor in a lower termite
Tobias Weil, Michael Rehli, Judith Korb
11:40 AM193Heterochrony and modularity of the caste polyphenism in termites
Toru Miura
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