Sexual difference in juvenile-hormone titer in workers leads to sex-biased soldier differentiation in termites
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Presoldier differentiation rate or mortality was higher in N. takasagoensis males.

JH titers in N. takasagoensis male workers were higher than those in female workers.

JHA-induced soldier formations proceeded normally even in N. takasagoensis females.

JH effects and titers were not different between sexes of R. speratus workers.

Sex-specific differences related to JH titers may cause the biased soldier-sex ratio.

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