Changes in integument structure during the imaginal molt of the honey bee

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-39

  Elias Neto, Moysés ^a   Soares, Michelle P M ^a   Bitondi, Márcia M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult cuticle; Apis mellifera; Exoskeleton; Integument; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CUTICLE; EXOSKELETON; HISTOLOGY; HONEYBEE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLT; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOLYSIS;

EID: 60749088023     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008064     Document Type: Article

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