Ultrastructural aspects of vitellogenesis in Archegozetes longisetosus Aoki, 1965 (Acari, Oribatida, Trhypochthoniidae)

We studied the process of vitellogenesis in the oribatid mite Archegozetes longisetosus using light and electron microscopy. Both vitellogenesis and the formation of the first egg shell occur within the meroi of the ovary, starting after detachment from the medulla and completing with ovulation of...

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Main Authors: Paavo Bergmann, Michael Laumann, Michael Heethoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 2010-08-01
Series:Soil Organisms
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Online Access:https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/227