scholarly journals Small-Scale Rearing of a Subterranean Termite, Reticulitermes speratus(Isoptera:Rhinotermitidae)

1991 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 418-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirofumi WATANABE ◽  
Hiroaki NODA
Keyword(s):  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Reticulitermes Speratus

Site of secretion and properties of endogenous endo-β-1,4-glucanase components from Reticulitermes speratus (Kolbe), a Japanese subterranean termite

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirofumi Watanabe ◽  
Masatoshi Nakamura ◽  
Gaku Tokuda ◽  
Ikuo Yamaoka ◽  
Andrew M. Scrivener ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Reticulitermes Speratus

Patterns of neotenic differentiation in a subterranean termite, Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi MIYATA ◽  
Hiroko FURUICHI ◽  
Osamu KITADE
Keyword(s):  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Reticulitermes Speratus

scholarly journals The complete mitochondrial genome of the subterranean termite, Reticulitermes speratus kyushuensis Morimoto, 1968 (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wonhoon Lee ◽  
Taeman Han ◽  
Jong-Ho Lee ◽  
Ki-Jeong Hong ◽  
Jongsun Park
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Genome ◽  
Complete Mitochondrial Genome ◽  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Reticulitermes Speratus

Lethal and social-mediated effects of ten insecticides on the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus

2015 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 741-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhou Chen ◽  
Yanyan Qu ◽  
Da Xiao ◽  
Lifang Song ◽  
Shuhui Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Reticulitermes Speratus ◽  
Mediated Effects

Male-specific molecular genetic markers in the Japanese subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Hayashi ◽  
K. Oguchi ◽  
K. Yamaguchi ◽  
O. Kitade ◽  
K. Maekawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Markers ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Reticulitermes Speratus ◽  
Molecular Genetic Markers ◽  
Male Specific

scholarly journals Lactococcus reticulitermitis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 596-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Yuki ◽  
Mitsuo Sakamoto ◽  
Yuki Nishimura ◽  
Moriya Ohkuma
Keyword(s):  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Reticulitermes Speratus

scholarly journals Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus: gene duplication facilitates social evolution

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuji Shigenobu ◽  
Yoshinobu Hayashi ◽  
Dai Watanabe ◽  
Gaku Tokuda ◽  
Masaru Y Hojo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Duplication ◽  
Social Evolution ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Caste System ◽  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Duplicated Genes ◽  
Reticulitermes Speratus ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Social Defense ◽  
Accessory Glands

Termites are model social organisms characterized by a polyphenic caste system. Subterranean termites (Rhinotermitidae) are ecologically and economically important species, including acting as destructive pests. Rhinotermitidae occupies an important evolutionary position within the clade representing an intermediate taxon between the higher (Termitidae) and lower (other families) termites. Here, we report the genome, transcriptome and methylome of the Japanese subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus. The analyses highlight the significance of gene duplication in social evolution in this termite. Gene duplication associated with caste-biased gene expression is prevalent in the R. speratus genome. Such duplicated genes encompass diverse categories related to social functions, including lipocalins (chemical communication), cellulases (wood digestion and social interaction), lysozymes (social immunity), geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (social defense) and a novel class of termite lineage-specific genes with unknown functions. Paralogous genes were often observed in tandem in the genome, but the expression patterns were highly variable, exhibiting caste biases. Some duplicated genes assayed were expressed in caste-specific organs, such as the accessory glands of the queen ovary and frontal glands in soldier heads. We propose that gene duplication facilitates social evolution through regulatory diversification leading to caste-biased expression and subfunctionalization and/or neofunctionalization that confers caste-specialized functions.

Parthenogenetic reproduction in neotenics of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshinobu HAYASHI ◽  
Osamu KITADE ◽  
Jun-ichi KOJIMA
Keyword(s):  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Reticulitermes Speratus ◽  
Parthenogenetic Reproduction
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