Testicular reabsorption in adult males of Melipona bicolor bicolor lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)


Autoria(s): Da Cruz-Landim, Carminda; Pires Dallacqua, Rodrigo
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

27/05/2014

27/05/2014

01/01/2002

Resumo

The present paper reports morphological features of the testes reabsorption in adult male of Melipona bicolor bicolor. The ultrastructural features of the degenerating sperm cells and cyst cells are described. It is suggested that the material of the reabsorbed testes may serve as nutritional source for the adult male.

Formato

145-151

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.1508/cytologia.67.145

Cytologia, v. 67, n. 2, p. 145-151, 2002.

0011-4545

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/66773

10.1508/cytologia.67.145

2-s2.0-0036337154

2-s2.0-0036337154.pdf

Idioma(s)

eng

Relação

Cytologia

Direitos

openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Cyst cells #Males #Reabsorption #Sperm cells #Testes #Apidae #Hymenoptera #Melipona #Melipona bicolor #Meliponinae
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article