Ultrastructural study of the follicular epithelium in oocytes of Pachycondyla (Neoponera) villosa ants (Hymenoptera: Ponerinae)

Biocell

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-60

  Izabel, Maria ^a   Mathias, Camargo ^a   Caetano, Flávio Henrique ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Follicular epithelium; Ovaries; Ponerinae

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; CHORION; HEMOLYMPH; HYMENOPTERA; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITELLOGENESIS;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PACHYCONDYLA VILLOSA; PONERINAE; VILLOSA;

EID: 13144267755     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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