A new approach for classification of major larval hemocytes (prohemocytes, plasmatocytes and granulocytes) in the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by acridine orange staining

Turkiye Entomoloji Dergisi

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-168

  Izzetoǧlu, Savaş ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Fluorescence microscopy; Galleria mellonella; Hemocyte

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865269019     PISSN: 10106960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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