Fat body cells of female reproductive castes of Attini ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): An ultrastructural and chemical analysis

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Volumn 247, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 303-313

  Roma, Gislaine Cristina ^a   Bueno, Odair Corrèa ^a   Mathias, Maria Izabel Camargo ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Lipids; Oenocyte; Proteins; Trophocyte

Indexed keywords

ANT; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; FAT; LIPID; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROMYRMEX DISCIGER; ATTA LAEVIGATA; ATTINI; CYPHOMYRMEX RIMOSUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYCETAROTES PARALLELUS;

EID: 49949101103     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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