Ultrastructural and Cytochemical Aspects of Metamorphosis in the Midgut of Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1099-1107

  Da Cruz Landim, Carminda ^a   Melo Cavalcante, Vagner ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell death; Midgut metamorphosis; Phosphatase; Pupa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAZIL; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAZIL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0348234798     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.1099     Document Type: Article

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