Regression of the lateral oviducts during the larval-adult transformation of the reproductive system of Melipona quadrifasciata and Frieseomelitta varia

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-151

  Boleli, Isabel Cristina ^a,b   Paulino Simões, Zilá Luz ^a   Bitondi, Márcia Maria Gentile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Frieseomelitta varia; Lateral oviduct; Melipona quadrifasciata; Programmed cell death; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BEES; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVIDUCTS;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; FRIESEOMELITTA; FRIESEOMELITTA VARIA; HEXAPODA; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA;

EID: 0034141250     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200002)243:2<141::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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