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Ultrastructural study of the postembryonic development of the neural lamella of Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera)

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The neural lamella encapsulating the brain of the wax moth Galleria mellonella develops from a very thin (80–120 nm) layer in the first larval instar, resembling the basal lamina, to a thick (1–4 μm) sheath composed of two zones in the seventh (last) instar. After its breakdown at the time of larval-pupal ecdysis the neural lamella is reconstructed in the pupa, 2–3 days before pupaladult ecdysis.

The cells of the perineurium seem to be responsible for the formation of the neural lamella, both in the larva and pupa, even though its ultrastructure differs at these stages.

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  1. Hanna E. Osińska

    Present address: Department of Biochemistry of Nervous System and Muscle, M. Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteur Str., 02-093, Warsaw, Poland

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This paper is dedicated to the memory of doc. dr hab. Andrzej B. Dutkowski who proposed this study

The authors previous surname was Dybowska. She wishes to express her gratitude to Prof. Aleksandra Przełecka for valuable assistance in the preparation of this paper. She is also greatly indebted to Joanna Kołodziejczyk, M.Sc. for technical aid

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Osińska, H.E. Ultrastructural study of the postembryonic development of the neural lamella of Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera). Cell Tissue Res. 217, 425–433 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233592

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