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However, most previous studies focused on mixed-sex pairs, overlooking groups formed by same-sex pairings, especially potential fecundity (the total number of oocytes or ovarioles), oogenesis and the development stage of oocytes of females in female\u2013female pairs, and spermatogenesis and testis development of males in male\u2013male pairs. In this study, through experimentation, we investigated the reproductive ability of virgin dealates based on various pairing types as mentioned above. We found that the life spans of virgin dealates can cover 1 yr or even more when they establish a nest with a partner, which is more than 10-fold longer than the life span of individuals establishing a colony alone. After 1 yr of pairing, the potential fecundity of virgin same sex dealates did not degenerate significantly compared with newly emerged dealates, including the number of ovarioles, size of testis, oogenesis, and the development stage of the oocytes. Moreover, when individuals of same-sex pairings experimentally changed into mixed-sex pairs after 1 yr, the eggs produced in the colony hatched into larvae. These findings suggest that dealates which through same-sex pairs retain fecundity after 1 yr have more reproductive potential than dealates that failed to pair with heterosexuals, shedding light on the ecological significance of homosexual behaviors in terms of the successful extension and fecundity of eusocial termites.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jisesa\/ieac073","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,9]],"date-time":"2023-02-09T14:36:26Z","timestamp":1675953386000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Same-sex Pairs Retain Their Reproductive Capacity as a Potential Opportunity for Individual Reproductive Success in Termites"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Jia","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Applied Research Center for Life Science, Xi\u2019an International University , Xi\u2019an, Shaanxi 710077 , China"},{"name":"College of Medicine, Xi\u2019an International University , Xi\u2019an, Shaanxi 710077 , China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8194-9709","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jinpei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Applied Research Center for Life Science, Xi\u2019an International University , Xi\u2019an, Shaanxi 710077 , China"},{"name":"College of Medicine, Xi\u2019an International University , Xi\u2019an, Shaanxi 710077 , China"},{"name":"Engineering Research Center of Personalized Anti-aging Health Product Development and Transformation, Universities of Shaanxi Province , Xi\u2019an, Shaanxi 710077 , China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yonghui","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Engineering, Xi\u2019an International University , Xi\u2019an, Shaanxi 710077 , China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ali","family":"Hassan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan 430070, Hubei , China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023020911115071900_CIT0001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"759","DOI":"10.1016\/j.anbehav.2013.01.017","article-title":"Intersexual correlation for same-sex sexual behaviour in an insect","volume":"85","author":"Burgevin","year":"2013","journal-title":"Anim. 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