Morphology and ultrastructure of the Dufour gland in workers of social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-84

  Billen, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dufour gland; Morphology; Ultrastructure; Vespidae; Wasps

Indexed keywords

WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DUFOUR GLAND; EPITHELIUM CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; HYMENOPTERA; MICROTUBULE; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 33746263763     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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