The fine structural organization of sternal glands of pseudergates and workers in termites (Isoptera): A comparative survey

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 168-185

  Quennedey, André ^a   Sillam Dussès, David ^a   Robert, Alain ^a   Bordereau, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Exocrine glands; Insecta; Phylogeny; Secretory process; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CYTOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXOCRINE GLAND; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HYPOTHESIS; INSECT CELL; INSECT SOCIETY; ISOPTERA; MICROVILLUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SECRETION; SECRETORY VESICLE;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; ISOPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHEROMONES; SENSE ORGANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HODOTERMITIDAE; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; MASTOTERMITIDAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SERRITERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 40649125755     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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