Research

Termites

Recent projects

• A microsatellite based test of the Reticulitermes speratus genetic caste determination model in Coptotermes lacteus
• Ants and termites increase crop yield in dry environments
• Evidence for genetically influenced caste determination in phylogenetically diverse species of the termite genus Reticulitermes
• Genetically influenced determination of royal and worker castes in eusocial insects
• Termite phylogenetics and co-cladogenesis with symbionts