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SUPPLEMENTARY REPRODUCTIVE [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

[In a termite colony], if the king and queen die, they are replaced by several supplementary reproductives ... These secondary reproductives, which develop from nymphs ... normally are not present in a colony as long as the primary reproductives function.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

Dans les colonies [de termites] devenues orphelines [de la reine ou du roi], il apparaît des «sexués néoténiques» que l'on appelle aussi «sexués complémentaires».

Spanish

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