A comparative study of the ovaries in some Brazilian bees (Hymenoptera; Apoidea)
The present paper concerns the morphological features of ovaries in 33 species of bees with different social behavior patterns. The ovaries of bees were examined under light microscope. They are polytrophic-meroistic ovaries formed for an anterior germarium and a basal vitellarium. The germarium hou...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2004-01-01
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Series: | Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492004000300001 |