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. 2015 Mar 4;6:9. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00009

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Copyright © 2015 Korb, Poulsen, Hu, Li, Boomsma, Zhang and Liebig.

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Simplified phylogeny of the main termite study species with their key traits. Shown is a cladogram of termite genera on which some genomic/molecular genetic research has been done. Added to the right are characteristic social and ecological traits. Social: increasing social complexity from + to +++ (e.g., increasing colony size, division of labor, morphological differentiation between castes); Type: life type, foraging vs. wood dwelling; Region: temperate vs. tropical; Pathogens: soil pathogens vs. wood-decaying fungi, +, present; −, absent. Study species (photo credits): Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Kenji Matsuura), Macrotermes natalensis (Judith Korb), Reticulitermes speratus (Kenji Matsuura), Reticulitermes flavipes (not shown), Coptotermes formosanus (not shown), Prorhinotermes simplex (Judith Korb), Cryptotermes secundus (Judith Korb), Zootermopsis nevadensis (Judith Korb), Hodotermes sjostedti (Toru Miura).