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| Physiological mechanism of social insects behavior: nerve conduction,endocrine regulation, and genetic basis |
| Qiu Hualong,Zhao Danyang,Xu Jinzhu,Jie Yuze,Yang Hua,Lian Tao,Lai Guodong,Qin Changsheng |
| (Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection
and Utilization/Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou,) |
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| The complex behavior of social insects has
been one of the focus in the field of animal behavior re-
search. By means of caste differentiation and division of
labor, social insects have occupied a favorable position
in the evolution of nature. Meanwhile, the characteris-
tics of the short reproductive cycle, high production rate,
and relative simple physiological mechanisms compare
to vertebrate make them a model for studying social
behaviors of animal. However, the physiological and ge-
netic mechanisms of social behavior have not been fully
elucidated. The illumination of mechanisms underneath
social behavior would not only improve the efficiency of
human society to use the beneficial insects for the devel-
opment of economic, society and the health of ecology,
but also provide basic theory for the exploition of newly
behavioral regulator for the management of forestry
pests such as Odontotermes formosanus, Coptotermes
formosanus and Solenopsis invicta, etc. Therefore, this
article summarizes the behaviors of social insects, their
nerve conduction, endocrine regulation, and genetic
basis, with an aim of providing reference for related re-
search. |
| Key words: Social behavior · Pheromone · Hormone ·
Gene editing · Epigenetical regulation |
