Asymmetry in structure of the eggshell in Osmylus fulvicephalus (Neuroptera: Osmylidae): an exceptional case of breaking symmetry during neuropteran oogenesis.

Ovaries of neuropterans are of meroistic-polytrophic type. The ovarian tubes, the ovarioles, are divided into two major parts: a germarium, comprised of newly formed germ cell clusters; and a vitellarium, housing linearly arranged ovarian follicles. Each ovarian follicle consists of the germ cell cl...

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Published in:Protoplasma Vol. 253; no. 4; pp. 1033 - 1043
Main Authors: Garbiec, Arnold, Kubrakiewicz, Janusz, Mazurkiewicz-Kania, Marta, Simiczyjew, Bożena, Jędrzejowska, Izabela
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Jul2016
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