A novel exocrine structure of the bicellular unit type in the thorax of termites

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-198

  Gonçalves, Teresa Telles ^a   DeSouza, Og ^a   Billen, Johan ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cornitermes; Exocrine glands; Microcerotermes; Nasutitermes; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CYTOPLASM; MORPHOLOGY; TERMITE;

CORNITERMES; CORNITERMES CUMULANS; ISOPTERA; MICROCEROTERMES; MICROCEROTERMES STRUNCKII; NASUTITERMES; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 77954517637     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2009.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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