Recenzja książki Biology of Termites: a Modern Synthesis - Bignell, David Edward

\n\nAn introduction to termites: biology, taxonomy and functional morphology (Paul Eggleton)\n1.1. Introduction\n1.2. Diversity, taxonomy, classification\n1.3. The colony\n1.4. The colony as (super)organism\n1.5. Reproduction and dispersal: alates\n1.6. Worker morphology\n1.7. Construction,... przeczytaj całość

An introduction to termites: biology, taxonomy and functional morphology (Paul Eggleton)\n1.1. Introduction\n1.2. Diversity, taxonomy, classification\n1.3. The colony\n1.4. The colony as (super)organism\n1.5. Reproduction and dispersal: alates\n1.6. Worker morphology\n1.7. Construction, feeding and tending\n1.8. Active defence: soldiers\n1.9. Protection, stability, fortification: nests and mounds\n1.10. Conclusions\nReferences
Termite phylogenetics and co-cladogenesis with symbionts (Nathan Lo, Paul Eggleton)\n2.1.Introduction\n2.2. Phylogenetic\n2.3. Co-cladogenesis between cockroaches, termites, and their symbionts\n2.4. Fossil history and key events leading to the origin of termites\n2.5. Taxonomic implications of the phylogenetic position of termites\n2.6. Termite phylogeny: morphological character sets\n2.7. Phylogenetic and taxonomic relationships among Termites\n2.8. Conclusions\nReferences
Evolution and function of endogenous termite cellulases (Nathan Lo, Gaku Tokuda, Hirofumi Watanabe)\n3.1. Introduction\n3.2. Cellulose and cellulases\n3.3. A brief history of cellulose research\n3.4. Discovery of endogenous cellulose genes and their evolutionary origins\n3.5. Endogenous endoglucanases and -glucosidase copy number and expression in termites\n3.6. Functional significance of endogenous cellulases\n3.7. Caste specific production of cellulose genes\n3.8. Conclusions\nReferences
Altricial development in wood-feeding cockroaches: the key antecedent of termite eusociality (Christine A Nalepa)\n4.1. Introduction\n4.2. Altricial development\n4.3. Altricial offspring: necessary precedent to eusociality\n4.4. Altricial development becomes the norm\n4.5. Conclusions\nReferences
Eusocial evolution in termites and Hymenoptera (Kenneth J Howard, Barbara L. Thorne)\n5.1. Introduction\n5.2. Evolution from subsocial ancestors\n5.3. Forms of helpers\n5.4. Predisposition for eusociality\n5.5. Selective processes promoting eusocial helpers\n5.6. Synthesis\nReferences
Social organization and the status of workers in termites (Yves Roisin, Judith Korb)\n6.1. Introduction\n6.2. Mastotermitidae\n6.3. Wood-dwelling termites\n6.4. Hodotermitidae\n6.5. Rhinotermitidae, Serritermitidae and Termitidae\n6.6. Origin and evolution of the worker caste\n6.7. Conclusion: what is a worker?\nReferences
Ecology, behavior and evolution of disease resistance in termites (Rebeca B Rosengaus, James FA Traniello, Mark S Bulmer)\n7.1. Introduction\n7.2. Phylogeny, eusociality and the evolution of disease resistance in termites\n7.3. Termite microbial ecology, disease risk and immunocompetence\n7.4. Social behavior and infection control\n7.5. Termite life history, genetic diversity and disease resistance\n7.6. Disease and colony foundation\n7.7. Conclusions
Comparative biology of fungus cultivation in termites and ants (Tânia Nobre, Corinne Rouland-Lefèvre, Duur Aanen)\n8.1. Introduction\n8.2. Evolutionary history of fungiculture\n8.3. Colony foundation and establishment of the fungus garden\n8.4. Role of fungal symbiont\n8.5. Fungus garden protection\n8.6. Evolutionary stability\n8.7. Concluding remarks\nReferences
Molecular basis underlying caste differentiation in termites (Toru Miura, Michael E Scharf)\n9.1. Introduction\n9.2. A historical view of classic work on case determination and differentiation\n9.3. Screening of genes responsible for caste differentiation: gene discovery and genomics\n9.4. Investigation of gene functions in termites: functional genomics\n9.5. Hormonal regulation of caste differentiation\n9.6. Morphogenesis in caste differentiation\n9.7. Social regulation of caste ratios\n9.8. Sociogenomics in termites\n9.9. Conclusions and perspectives\nReferences
Sexual and asexual reproduction in termites (Kenji Matsuura)\n10.1. Introduction\n10.2. Facultative parthenogenesis in maleless colony Foundation\n10.3. Mechanism of termite parthenogenesis\n10.4. Asexual queen succession (AQS)\n10.5. Parthenogenesis

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