CYTOLOGIA
Online ISSN : 1348-7019
Print ISSN : 0011-4545
Testicular Reabsorption in Adult Males of Melipona bicolor bicolor Lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)
Carminda da Cruz-LandimRodrigo Pires Dallacqua
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2002 Volume 67 Issue 2 Pages 145-151

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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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© (2002), The Japan Mendel Society
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