Testicular reabsorption in adult males of Melipona bicolor bicolor lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)
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2002-01-01
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Da Cruz-Landim, Carminda [UNESP]
Pires Dallacqua, Rodrigo [UNESP]
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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.
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Cyst cells, Males, Reabsorption, Sperm cells, Testes, Apidae, Hymenoptera, Melipona, Melipona bicolor, Meliponinae
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Cytologia, v. 67, n. 2, p. 145-151, 2002.