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A breeding system derived from asexual queen succession in termite colonies from cold climate regions

Takahashi M., Konishi T., Yabe K., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2025) Molecular Ecology in press.

Genetic variation among populations in parental exclusion of heterospecific larvae in burying beetles

Takata M., Matsuo Y. (2025) Population Ecology in press.

Fight, retreat, repeat: The male-male agonistic behavior in the wood-feeding cockroach, Panesthia angustipennis spadica (Dictyoptera: Blattodea: Blaberidae)

Osaki H., Nakazono T., Yabe K., Takata M., Mikaelyan A. (2024) Ecology and Evolution 14: e70319.

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Behavioral ecology, Sociobiology, Evolutionary biology, Social insects, Parental care, Kin selection, Caste differentiation, Termites, Burying beetles