Evolution of Termite Symbiosis Informed by Transcriptome-Based Phylogenies

Bucek, A; Sobotnik, J; He, SL; Shi, M; McMahon, DP; Holmes, EC; Roisin, Y; Lo, N; Bourguignon, T

Bucek, A; Bourguignon, T (reprint author), Okinawa Inst Sci & Technol Grad Univ, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna, Okinawa 9040495, Japan.; Bucek, A; Bourguignon, T (reprint author), Czech Univ Life Sci, Fac Forestry & Wood Sci, Kamycka 129, Prague 16521, Czech Republ

CURRENT BIOLOGY, 2019; 29 (21): 3728

Abstract

Termitidae comprises similar to 80% of all termite species [1] that play dominant decomposer roles in tropical ecosystems [2, 3]. Two major events dur......

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