Transcriptome Analysis of the Digestive Organs of Hodotermopsis sjostedti, a Lower Termite That Hosts Mutualistic Microorganisms in Its Hindgut

Microorganisms dwell symbiotically in the termite hindgut. In this study, we identified genes that contribute to the role of the host in maintaining this symbiotic relationship with microorganisms. Body tissue and digestive organs (salivary gland, foregut, midgut, and hindgut) dissected from the low...

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