The structural basis for water exchange between the female cockroach (Blattella germanica) and her ootheca

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 2987-2996

  Mullins, Donald E ^a   Mullins, K June ^a   Tignor, Keith R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Chorion; Cockroach; Oothecae; Water relations

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLATTELLIDAE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORPHOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; TRITIUM; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0036799492     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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