Not Only Soldiers Have Weapons: Evolution of the Frontal Gland in Imagoes of the Termite Families Rhinotermitidae and Serritermitidae

Jan Šobotník; Thomas Bourguignon; Robert Hanus; David Sillam-Dussès; Jitka Pflegerová; František Weyda; Kateřina Kutalová; Blahoslava Vytisková; Yves Roisin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015761

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Not Only Soldiers Have Weapons: Evolution of the Frontal Gland in Imagoes of the Termite Families Rhinotermitidae and Serritermitidae

Jan Šobotník ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Šobotník, Thomas Bourguignon

Affiliation Research Team of Infochemicals, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Thomas Bourguignon ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Šobotník, Thomas Bourguignon

Affiliation Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, CP 160/12, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Robert Hanus ,

* E-mail: robert@uochb.cas.cz

Affiliation Research Team of Infochemicals, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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David Sillam-Dussès,

Affiliation Research Team of Infochemicals, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Jitka Pflegerová,

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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František Weyda,

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Kateřina Kutalová,

Affiliations Research Team of Infochemicals, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Blahoslava Vytisková,

Affiliation University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Prague, Czech Republic
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Yves Roisin

Affiliation Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, CP 160/12, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Not Only Soldiers Have Weapons: Evolution of the Frontal Gland in Imagoes of the Termite Families Rhinotermitidae and Serritermitidae

Jan Šobotník,
Thomas Bourguignon,
Robert Hanus,
David Sillam-Dussès,
Jitka Pflegerová,
František Weyda,
Kateřina Kutalová,
Blahoslava Vytisková,
Yves Roisin

Published: December 30, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015761

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