ISSN:
1432-0878
Keywords:
Fat body
;
Morphometry
;
Metamorphosis
;
Transplantation
;
Calliphora
;
Electron microscopy
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Transplantation of fragments of the anterior fat body lobe of 4 day old feeding stage larvae into one day older hosts, which are at the end of feeding, leads to precocious induction of ultrastructural changes in the transplanted cells of the fat body. These changes include alterations in the mean relative and absolute areas of mitochondria, protein granules, lipid droplets and vacuoles. The extent of intracellular changes induced in the transplants depends on the physiological condition of the host. This confirms that alterations in the internal environment at termination of feeding induce premetamorphic changes in cells of the fat body.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00237241
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