A Comparative Cytochemical Study of the Dufour Gland in the Eusocial Bee Apis mellifera Linné, 1758 and Melipona bicolor Lepeletier, 1836

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-71

  Abdalla, Fábio ^a   Da Cruz Landim, Carminda ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Cytochemistry; Dufour gland; Melipona bicolor

Indexed keywords

BROMOPHENOL BLUE; BUFFER; IMIDAZOLE; LANTHANUM NITRATE; LIPID; MERCURY BROMOPHENOL BLUE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ZINC OXIDE;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SECRETION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DUFOUR GLAND; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MELIPONA BICOLOR; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MELIPONA; MELIPONA BICOLOR;

EID: 1842633248     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.37.65     Document Type: Article

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