Castes | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 13 Oct 2016

Expanding the Knowledge on Lignocellulolytic and Redox Enzymes of Worker and Soldier Castes from the Lower Termite Coptotermes gestroi

in Systems Microbiology

João P. L. Franco Cairo
Marcelo F. Carazzolle
Flávia C. Leonardo
Luciana S. Mofatto
Lívia B. Brenelli
Thiago A. Gonçalves
Cristiane A. Uchima
Romênia R. Domingues
Thabata M. Alvarez
Robson Tramontina

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01518

6,995 views
34 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2015

A genomic comparison of two termites with different social complexity

in Evolutionary, Population, and Conservation Genetics

Judith Korb
Michael Poulsen
Haofu Hu
Cai Li
Jacobus J. Boomsma
Guojie Zhang
Jürgen Liebig

Frontiers in Genetics

doi 10.3389/fgene.2015.00009

20,021 views
66 citations

Perspective

Published on 09 Jan 2020

Synergies Between Division of Labor and Gut Microbiomes of Social Insects

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Veronica M. Sinotte
Justinn Renelies-Hamilton
Benjamin A. Taylor
Kirsten M. Ellegaard
Panagiotis Sapountzis
Mireille Vasseur-Cognet
Michael Poulsen

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2019.00503

8,853 views
35 citations

Original Research

Published on 20 Jun 2018

Antennal Protein Profile in Honeybees: Caste and Task Matter More Than Age

in Invertebrate Physiology

Immacolata Iovinella
Federico Cappa
Alessandro Cini
Iacopo Petrocelli
Rita Cervo
Stefano Turillazzi
Francesca R. Dani

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2018.00748

6,833 views
22 citations

Original Research

Published on 17 Feb 2016

Characterization of the Core and Caste-Specific Microbiota in the Termite, Reticulitermes flavipes

in Microbial Symbioses

Jacquelynn Benjamino
Joerg Graf

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00171

10,802 views
69 citations

Original Research

Published on 19 Feb 2025

Improving the health of the rural population in India through bundling WASH practices

in Health Policy and Management

Trung Thanh Nguyen
Dil Bahadur Rahut
Raja Timilsina
Manh Hung Do
Tetsushi Sonobe
Navneet Manchanda

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1500504

3,080 views
3 citations

Hypothesis and Theory

Published on 29 Aug 2014

Neutral and adaptive explanations for an association between caste-biased gene expression and rate of sequence evolution

in Evolutionary, Population, and Conservation Genetics

Heikki Helanterä
Tobias Uller

Frontiers in Genetics

doi 10.3389/fgene.2014.00297

7,429 views
29 citations

Brief Research Report

Published on 13 Oct 2021

Ecological Stoichiometry of Bumblebee Castes, Sexes, and Age Groups

in Invertebrate Physiology

Ronalds Krams
Māris Munkevics
Sergejs Popovs
Linda Dobkeviča
Jonathan Willow
Jorge Contreras Garduño
Tatjana Krama
Indrikis A. Krams

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2021.696689

3,468 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Oct 2019

Transcriptomic and Functional Analyses of Phenotypic Plasticity in a Higher Termite, Macrotermes barneyi Light

in Evolutionary, Population, and Conservation Genetics

Pengdong Sun
Ganghua Li
Jianbo Jian
Long Liu
Junhui Chen
Shuxin Yu
Huan Xu
Chaoliang Lei
Xuguo Zhou
Qiuying Huang

Frontiers in Genetics

doi 10.3389/fgene.2019.00964

6,159 views
18 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Feb 2015

A map of brain neuropils and fiber systems in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior

Joris M. A. Bressan
Martin Benz
Jan Oettler
Jürgen Heinze
Volker Hartenstein
Simon G. Sprecher

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

doi 10.3389/fnana.2014.00166

13,930 views
30 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Jul 2022

Life and Death of Termite Colonies, a Decades-Long Age Demography Perspective

in Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology

Thomas Chouvenc
Paul M. Ban
Nan-Yao Su

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.911042

11,677 views
25 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Aug 2017

The Effects of Fat Body Tyramine Level on Gustatory Responsiveness of Honeybees (Apis mellifera) Differ between Behavioral Castes

Ricarda Scheiner
Brian V. Entler
Andrew B. Barron
Christina Scholl
Markus Thamm

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00055

6,870 views
31 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Jan 2022

Sperm Storage Costs Determine Survival and Immunocompetence in Newly Mated Queens of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta colombica

in Ecophysiology

Barbara Baer-Imhoof
Susanne P. A. den Boer
Jacobus J. Boomsma
Boris Baer

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2021.759183

5,917 views
15 citations

Brief Research Report

Published on 28 Feb 2022

Validation of Potential Reference Genes for Real-Time qPCR Analysis in Pharaoh Ant, Monomorium pharaonis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

in Invertebrate Physiology

Guo Ding
Qionghua Gao
Jun Chen
Jie Zhao
Guojie Zhang
Weiwei Liu

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2022.852357

4,302 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Feb 2025

Caste, local governance effectiveness, and multidimensional poverty in rural India: some evidences

in Sociology of Stratification

Amarachi Onyeyirichi Ogbonna
Charles Aaron Adams Ekuban
C. Muralee Krishnan
P. K. Viswanathan

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1482825

6,711 views
4 citations

Review

Published on 24 Feb 2015

Epigenetics as an answer to Darwin’s “special difficulty,” Part 2: natural selection of metastable epialleles in honeybee castes

in Evolutionary, Population, and Conservation Genetics

Douglas M. Ruden
Pablo E. Cingolani
Arko Sen
Wen Qu
Luan Wang
Marie-Claude Senut
Mark D. Garfinkel
Vincent E. Sollars
Xiangyi Lu

Frontiers in Genetics

doi 10.3389/fgene.2015.00060

11,053 views
10 citations

Articles

Expanding the Knowledge on Lignocellulolytic and Redox Enzymes of Worker and Soldier Castes from the Lower Termite Coptotermes gestroi

A genomic comparison of two termites with different social complexity

Synergies Between Division of Labor and Gut Microbiomes of Social Insects

Antennal Protein Profile in Honeybees: Caste and Task Matter More Than Age

Characterization of the Core and Caste-Specific Microbiota in the Termite, Reticulitermes flavipes

Improving the health of the rural population in India through bundling WASH practices

Neutral and adaptive explanations for an association between caste-biased gene expression and rate of sequence evolution

Ecological Stoichiometry of Bumblebee Castes, Sexes, and Age Groups

Transcriptomic and Functional Analyses of Phenotypic Plasticity in a Higher Termite, Macrotermes barneyi Light

A map of brain neuropils and fiber systems in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior

Life and Death of Termite Colonies, a Decades-Long Age Demography Perspective

The Effects of Fat Body Tyramine Level on Gustatory Responsiveness of Honeybees (Apis mellifera) Differ between Behavioral Castes

Sperm Storage Costs Determine Survival and Immunocompetence in Newly Mated Queens of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta colombica

Validation of Potential Reference Genes for Real-Time qPCR Analysis in Pharaoh Ant, Monomorium pharaonis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Caste, local governance effectiveness, and multidimensional poverty in rural India: some evidences

Epigenetics as an answer to Darwin’s “special difficulty,” Part 2: natural selection of metastable epialleles in honeybee castes