This enlargement is likely to have two functions: a behavioral function in which soldier termites will be able to defend more effectively through relatively faster and stronger mandibular movements, and a developmental function that associates with the development of soldier-specific mandibular muscle morphogenesis in termite head.
Political differentiation into ruling classes and ruled masses provided a basis for imposition of taxes and rents that financed the development of professional soldiers and artisans, whose specialized skills far surpassed those of pastoralists and agriculturalists.
Like basic training, the first 10 weeks are devoted to the development of basic soldiering skills in which the recruit is very physically active.
Both reproductive and soldier castes secrete a pheromone (chemical signal) that is transmitted through food sharing (trophallaxis) and grooming to other members of the colony and inhibits development of reproductives or soldiers.
As a TA officer she is responsible for the training and development of a team of soldiers, as well as participating in military training.
The development of a professional soldier begins long before Basic Training, and requires more than the willingness and ability to pull a trigger.
A gene that can cause breast and ovarian cancers when it's mutated also seems to play a key role in the development of T cells, the soldiers of the immune system, according to a study in this month's Nature Immunology.
Here, we aim to assess the potential for pre- and early post-deployment prediction of resilience or posttraumatic stress development in soldiers by application of machine learning (ML) methods.
The American military is funding development of small fuel cells for soldiers to carry in their backpacks in order to power various electronic devices, for powering small pilotless reconnaissance aircraft, and for powering robots to clear minefields.
A few passages in the Iliad may imply a new form of fighting in close formation, dependent on the development of special armour for foot soldiers (hoplites) after about 750, and references to the Gorgon mask as a decorative motif point in the same direction.
