Comparative study of the ultrastructure and secretory dynamic of hypopharyngeal glands in queens, workers and males of Scaptotrigona postica latreille (Hymenoptera, Apinae, Meliponini)

Biocell

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-48

  Da Costa, Rosiléia Ana Cássia ^a   Da Cruz Landim, Carminda ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apidae; Function; Hypopharyngeal glands; Secretory cycle; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ROYAL JELLY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; HYPOPHARYNX; MALE;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0034092258     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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