The oviduct is a brood chamber for facultative egg retention in the parthenogenetic oribatid mite Archegozetes longisetosus AOKI (Acari, Oribatida)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 342-350

  Bergmann, P ^a   Heethoff, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Egg shell; Electron microscopy; Generation; Oviduct; Oviposition; Parity mode

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCHEGOZETES LONGISETOSUS; ARTICLE; EGG SHELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MITE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OVIPARITY; PARITY; PARTHENOGENESIS; VITELLOGENESIS;

ACARI; ARCHEGOZETES LONGISETOSUS; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84865546959     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: 15323072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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