Figure 1: Simplified developmental pathway of Z. nevadensis with sequenced castes and life stages. | Nature Communications

Figure 1: Simplified developmental pathway of Z. nevadensis with sequenced castes and life stages.

From: Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome

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Abbreviations indicate (i) sex: female (F) or male (M); (ii) life stage: egg (E), final instar larva without wing buds (hereafter ‘worker’—W), nymph with wing buds (Ny), soldier (S), alate (A), primary (P) or neotenic (N) reproductive; (iii) gonadal activity: currently inactive (I) or reproducing (R).

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