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Post-embryonic Development of the Seminal Vesicle in the Stingless Bee Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier, 1836 (Apidae: Meliponini)
| العنوان: | Post-embryonic Development of the Seminal Vesicle in the Stingless Bee Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier, 1836 (Apidae: Meliponini) |
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| المؤلفون: | Ríudo de Paiva Ferreira, Hugo de Azevedo Werneck, Juliana Malta, Aparecida das Dores Teixeira, Lucio Antonio de Oliveira Campos, José Eduardo Serrão |
| المصدر: | Sociobiology, Vol 66, Iss 2 (2019) |
| بيانات النشر: | Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Zoology LCC:Ecology LCC:Natural history (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Hymenoptera, reproductive system, male accessory glands, Zoology, QL1-991, Ecology, QH540-549.5, Natural history (General), QH1-278.5 |
| الوصف: | The male accessory glands of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are absent and the morphology of their seminal vesicle indicate probable secretory function by this organ. This study investigated the post-embryonic development of the seminal vesicles in males of the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata by histology and histochemistry. White-eyed pupae, pink-eyed pupae, brown-eyed pupae, black-eyed pupae, newly emerged and sexually mature males were studied. Seminal vesicle has a wall with a single layered epithelium onto a thin basement membrane, followed by a well-developed muscle layer. The epithelium is polarized in the pupal stage with basal cell region strongly positive for glucoconjugates and carbohydrates. The seminal vesicle has an enlarged lumen from the young pupal stages with luminal content increasing gradually with glucoconjugates along the pupal development. In the newly emerged and mature males, the histochemical tests to carbohydrates were negative. In the sexually mature males, spermatozoa clusters are embedded by the glucoconjugates content of the seminal vesicle lumen. In conclusion, the seminal vesicle of M. quadrifasciata has a secretory function during the pupal stage and in newly emerged males, whereas in adult males this organ stores the spermatozoa. . |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0361-6525 2447-8067 |
| Relation: | http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/3431; https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525; https://doaj.org/toc/2447-8067 |
| DOI: | 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i2.3431 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/7e2c5dfa44bc49f0810800c9ce641df2 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.7e2c5dfa44bc49f0810800c9ce641df2 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 03616525 24478067 |
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| DOI: | 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i2.3431 |