Kiyoto Maekawa

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• Duplication and soldier-specific expression of geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase genes in a nasute termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis.
• Transcriptomic changes during caste development through social interactions in the termite Zootermopsis nevadensis.
• A lipocalin protein, Neural Lazarillo, is key to social interactions that promote termite soldier differentiation.
• TGFβ signaling related genes are involved in hormonal mediation during termite soldier differentiation.
• Transcriptome sequencing and estimation of DNA methylation level in the subsocial wood-feeding cockroach <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cryptocercus punctulatus</Emphasis> (Blattodea: Cryptocercidae)
• Construction and Characterization of Normalized cDNA Libraries by 454 Pyrosequencing and Estimation of DNA Methylation Levels in Three Distantly Related Termite Species