The most comprehensive dataset of termite genomes to date was created by an international team of scientists, led by researchers from the Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The team ...

A comprehensive family tree, based on DNA sequences, has revealed that drywood termites have made at least 40 oceanic journeys over the last 50 million years to reach far flung landmasses. Termites ...

Termites are social cockroaches that split from their sister cockroach group around 150 to 170 million years ago. A popular, yet previously untested, theory suggests that, after this split, they very ...

It is not always ecological conditions that determine genes, but rather genes that enable the same group of animals to occupy diverse niches, such as tree trunks and subsoil. The largest termite ...

Tropical ecosystems rely on the infrastructure provided by termites. These insects supply plants with vital nutrients by breaking down organic waste, bringing water to the roots by aerating the soil ...

Taxonomy and phylogeny of termites / Srinivas Kambhampati, Paul Eggleton -- Global patterns of termite diversity / Paul Eggleton -- Characterizing the ancestors: paedomorphosis and termite evolution / ...

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Researchers have completed a comprehensive analysis of the head width of over 1500 modern and fossilized species of termites and determined that their size isn't shrinking at a geological timescale.