Porous channels in the cuticle of the head-arrester system in dragon/damselflies (Insecta: Odonata)

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 583-591

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Friction systems; Microtrichia; Neck; Odonata; Porous channels; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MICROCOMPUTERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROTEINS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

CUTICLE; DEEP LAYER; EPIDERMAL CELLS; FRICTION SYSTEMS; MICROFIBRIL; MICROTRICHIA; NECK; ODONATA; POROUS CHANNEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHITIN;

CHITIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; FIBER; FLY; HEAD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0030745679     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0029(19970601)37:5/6<583::aid-jemt18>3.3.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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