Morphological characterization of the ovary and oocytes vitellogenesis of the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari : Ixodidae)
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2005-06-01
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de Oliveira, P. R.
Bechara, G. H.
Denardi, S. E.
Nunes, E. T.
Mathias, Maria Izabel Camargo [UNESP]
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Elsevier B.V.
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This study presents the morphology of the ovary, as well as the process of the vitellogenesis in oocytes of the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. The ovary of these individuals is of the panoistic type; therefore, it lacks nurse cells. This organ consists of a single tubular structure, continuous, and composed of a wall formed by small epithelial cells with rounded nuclei which delimit the lumen. The oocytes in the different developmental stages in this tick species were classified into five stages (I V). They remain attached to the ovary during vitellogenesis by a cellular pedicel and afterwards the mature oocytes (stage V) are released into the ovary lumen. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Rhipicephalus sanguineus, tick, ovary, vitellogenesis, histology, ultrastructure
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Experimental Parasitology. San Diego: Academic Press Inc. Elsevier B.V., v. 110, n. 2, p. 146-156, 2005.