Mutual interaction of individuals in incipient colony of termites

白蚁生态学研究的调查地点是石垣群岛的自然地点，冲绳是。屋久岛群岛南西群岛实验室研究按以下主题进行。（1）采用差异显示技术，研究了从入伍前到入伍后的基因表达变化。（2）从伪雌虫到成虫经雌虫发育过程中的基因表达。（3）亚社会性蟑螂成虫间的互养。（4）白蚁成虫或拟白蚁幼虫间的互养我们于7月17日至8月5日邀请了华盛顿州立大学的Laura S.Corley博士，就白蚁和蚜虫生态学进行交流。一些研究成果已在国际期刊上发表。

The investigated sites for the studies of termite ecology were at the natural places in Ishigaki Is., Okinawa is. and Yakushima Is. of the Nansei Archipelago. Investigations in laboratory were done as the following theme.(1)Gene expressions in the changing stage from pre-soldier to soldier by the differential display method.(2)Gene expressions in the changing stage from pseudergates to adults via nymphs.(3)Trophallaxis between adults to nymphs in subsocial cockroaches.(4)Trophallaxis between adults or pseudergates to larvae in the fungus-growing termites.We invited Dr.Laura S.Corley in Washington State University from 17 July to 5 August for the exchange of information about termite and aphid ecology. Several results were already published in the international journals.