Cytoplasmic protrusions from digestive cells of bees

Cytobios

Volumn 1996, Issue 353, 1996, Pages 95-104

  Da Cruz Landim, Carminda ^a   Serrão, José Eduardo ^a,b   Silva de Moraes, Regina Lúcia Morelli ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Digestive tract; Midgut; Stingless bee; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347558990     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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