Eusociality in Isoptera (termites) converges along many lines with colony organization and
highly social behavior in the phylogenetically distinct insect order Hymenoptera (ants, bees …

Asymmetries are a pervading phenomenon in otherwise bilaterally symmetric organisms
and recent studies have highlighted their potential impact on our understanding of …

Phylogenetic relationships among subgroups of cockroaches and termites are still matters of
debate. Their divergence times and major phenotypic transitions during evolution are also …

Understanding the origin and diversification of organisms requires a good phylogenetic
estimate of their age and diversification rates. This estimate can be difficult to obtain when …

The systematics and phylogeny of the Blattaria are reviewed. Subjects covered are:
taxonomic and diagnostic characters, fossils, classification, families, genera, estimates of …

Organismal functions are size-dependent whenever body surfaces supply body volumes.
Larger organisms can develop strongly folded internal surfaces for enhanced diffusion, but …

A phylogenetic hypothesis of termite relationships was inferred from DNA sequence data.
Seven gene fragments (12S rDNA, 16S rDNA, 18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, cytochrome oxidase I …

Bacteria of the genus Blattabacterium are intracellular symbionts that reside in specialized
cells of cockroaches and the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis. They appear to be obligate …

Following the acceptance of plate tectonics theory in the latter half of the 20th century,
vicariance became the dominant explanation for the distributions of many plant and animal …

Despite their ecological significance as decomposers and their evolutionary significance as
the most speciose eusocial insect group outside the Hymenoptera, termite (Blattodea …