外界环境 External environment | 营养 Nutrition | 西方蜜蜂 Apis mellifera | 蜂后-工蜂 Queen-worker | Kamakura, 2011 |
| 表皮碳氢化合物 Cuticular hydrocarbons | 红胡须蚁 Pogonomyrmex barbatus | 觅食-侦查 Foraging-patrolling | Greene & Gordon, 2003 |
| 信息素 Pheromone | 黄胸散白蚁 Reticulitermes speratus | 生殖蚁-工蚁 Neotenics-worker | Matsuura et al, 2010 |
| 王后年龄 Queen age | 罗纹须蚁 Pogonomyrmex rugosus | 蚁后-工蚁 Queen-worker | Schwander et al, 2008 |
| 海拔和季节 Elevation and season | 蜜蜂总科 Apoidea | 独居-合作筑巢 Solitary-cooperative | Kocher et al, 2014 |
| 气候 Climate | 马蜂属 Polistes | 合作繁殖 Cooperative breeding | Sheehan et al, 2015 |
| 温度 Temperature | 台湾乳白蚁 Coptotermes formosanus | 工蚁-兵蚁 Worker-soldier | Tarver et al, 2012 |
生理调控 Physiological regulation | 保幼激素 Juvenile hormone | 八刺顶切叶蚁 Acromyrmex octospinosus | 巢内活动-觅食 Nest work-foraging | Norman & Hughes, 2016 |
| 蜕皮激素 Ecdysone | 内华达古白蚁 Zootermopsis nevadensis | 兵蚁-工蚁 Soldier-worker | Masuoka et al, 2018 |
| 类胰岛素 Insulin-like peptides | 毕氏卵角蚁 Ooceraea biroi | 工蚁-生殖蚁 Worker-reproductives | Chandra et al, 2018 |
| 生物胺 Biogenic amine | 西方蜜蜂 Apis mellifera | 攻击防御 Defensive aggression | Nouvian et al, 2018 |
分子调控 Molecular regulation | 遗传决定 Genetic determination | 棘顶切叶蚁 Acromyrmex echinatior | 大工蚁-小工蚁 Major-minor worker | Hughes et al, 2003 |
| 新基因 Novel gene | 西方蜜蜂 Apis mellifera | 工蜂特性 Worker traits | Johnson & Tsutsui, 2011 |
| 表观遗传修饰 Epigenetic modification | 西方蜜蜂 Apis mellifera | 蜂后-工蜂 Queen-worker | He et al, 2017 |
| 基因差异表达 Gene differential expression | 北美散白蚁 Reticulitermes flavipes | 兵蚁-工蚁(生殖蚁) Soldier-worker (reproductives) | Wu et al, 2018 |