caste
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This term is part of the Darwin Core standard with equivalent definition in the dwc: and the dwciri: namespace:
Categorisation of individuals for eusocial species (including some mammals and arthropods).
Caste may be defined as the subdivision of a colony of social insects into groups characterized by a shared morphogenetic pathway that has diverged irreversibly from that of other such groups in the colony.
References
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Villet MH. 1992 Definitions of «caste» in social insects. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. Vol. 4, (3) pp. 213-224. doi: 10.1080/08927014.1992.9523134
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Wieczorek J., Bloom D., Guralnick R., Blum S., Döring M., Giovanni R. et al. 2012 Darwin Core: An Evolving Community-Developed Biodiversity Data Standard. PLOS ONE. Vol. 7, (1) p. e29715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029715
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kaste
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Dutch; Flemish
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kaste
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English
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caste
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French
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caste
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German
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Kaste
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Italian
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casta
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Norwegian
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kaste
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Portuguese
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casta
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Michael Rubinigg
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Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
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castă
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Michael Rubinigg
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Spanish; Castilian
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casta
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Swedish
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kast
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Michael Rubinigg
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