CYTOLOGIA
Online ISSN : 1348-7019
Print ISSN : 0011-4545
The Origin of Lipid Droplets in the Post-pharyngeal Gland of Dinoponera australis (Formicidae: Ponerinae)
Flávio Henrique CaetanoFernando José ZaraElisa Aparecida Gregório
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2002 Volume 67 Issue 3 Pages 301-308

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The post-pharyngeal gland of normal and starvation ants was studied under TEM. This study showed an orgin of lipids droplets from mitochondria (named derivate mitochondria) in the normal ants and the lipids absence or reduction, in fasting ants.

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