Ultrastructure of digestive cells in stingless bees of various ages (hymenoptera, apidae, meliponinae)

Cytobios

Volumn 1996, Issue 354, 1996, Pages 161-171

  Serrão, José Eduardo ^a,b   Da Cruz Landim, Carminda ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Digestive cell; Midgut; Stingless bees; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347558972     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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