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- Title
Oösorption in the Coleopteran <em>Sitophilus granorius</em> (L.).
- Authors
King, P. E.; Al-Khalifa, M. S.
- Abstract
The process of oösorption in the terminal o&omul;kytes of starved specimens of Sitophilus granarius is described Starvation affects the nucleus, mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum in both the follicle cells and the oöcyte. Glycogen disappears from the o&omul;cyte at an early stage and islands are formed in the oöcyte by infoldings of the combined follicle, oöcyte cell membranes.
- Subjects
GRANARY weevil; GLYCOGEN; GLUCANS; GLYCOGEN storage disease; CELL membranes; ENDOPLASMIC reticulum
- Publication
Acta Zoologica, 1980, Vol 61, Issue 2, p79
- ISSN
0001-7272
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1463-6395.1980.tb01293.x