Lelis A T, Everaerts C
CNRS UA 674, Laboratoire de Zoologie, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France.
J Morphol. 1993 Aug;217(2):239-261. doi: 10.1002/jmor.1052170211.
Under the influence of juvenile hormone analogues (JHAs), termite workers are induced to differentiate into soldiers. In Reticulitermes santonensis, such induced differentiation is often incomplete, resulting in intercaste production. The morphology of the structures most affected during differentiation was analyzed descriptively and biometrically in normal workers, presoldiers, and soldiers, and in experimental intercastes. We observed that intercastes form a morphological and biometrical continuum between workers and presoldiers (presoldier intercastes), and between presoldiers and soldiers (soldier intercastes). We also compared the biochemistry of the normal individuals and of the intercastes; in contrast to workers, the intercastes possess a frontal gland secretion which differs from those of the presoldiers and soldiers. Besides intercaste characterization, we consider the mode of action of JHAs in termite differentiation. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
在保幼激素类似物（JHAs）的影响下，白蚁工蚁被诱导分化为兵蚁。在桑氏散白蚁（Reticulitermes santonensis）中，这种诱导分化往往不完全，导致中间型个体的产生。对正常工蚁、前兵蚁、兵蚁以及实验中间型个体在分化过程中受影响最大的结构形态进行了描述性和生物统计学分析。我们观察到，中间型个体在形态和生物统计学上形成了一个介于工蚁和前兵蚁（前兵蚁中间型）之间，以及前兵蚁和兵蚁（兵蚁中间型）之间的连续体。我们还比较了正常个体和中间型个体的生物化学特性；与工蚁不同，中间型个体具有一种额腺分泌物，该分泌物与前兵蚁和兵蚁的额腺分泌物不同。除了对中间型个体进行特征描述外，我们还探讨了保幼激素类似物在白蚁分化中的作用方式。© 1993威利 - 利斯公司。
