The origin of lipid droplets in the post-pharyngeal gland of Dinoponera australis (Formicidae: Ponerinae)

Cytologia

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-308

  Caetano, Flávio Henrique ^a   Zara, Fernando José ^a   Gregório, Elisa Aparecida ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Dinoponera; Lipid droplets; Mitochondria; PPG

Indexed keywords

DINOPONERA; DINOPONERA AUSTRALIS; FORMICIDAE; PONERINAE;

EID: 0036710885     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.67.301     Document Type: Article

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