Distinctive presence of peritracheal athrocytes in Bombyx mori L. and Bombyx mandarina M. as compared to their absence in several other lepidopteran species

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-98

  Owa, Chie ^a   Aoki, Fugaku ^a   Nagata, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Athrocytes; Bombyx mandarina M.; Bombyx mori L.; Lepidoptera; Nephrocytes; Pericardial cells

Indexed keywords

AGRIUS CONVOLVULI; ANIMAL CELL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BOMBYX MANDARINA; CELL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GLYPHODES PYLOALIS; INSECT CELL; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMMA SEPARATA; NONHUMAN; PIERIS RAPAE; SAMIA CYNTHIA RICINI; SILKWORM; SPODOPTERA LITURA; TRACHEA;

AGRIUS CONVOLVULI; BOMBYCIDAE; BOMBYX MANDARINA; BOMBYX MORI; CRAMBIDAE; GLYPHODES; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA; NOCTUIDAE; PIERIDAE; PIERIS RAPAE; SAMIA CYNTHIA RICINI; SATURNIIDAE; SPHINGIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 33746260175     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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