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Connective tissue ofApis mellifera: An ultrastructural study

Bindegewede vonApis mellifera: eine elektronenmikroskopische studie

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The connective tissue ofApis appears to have three components: amorphous substances, fine and dense filaments and collagen-like-fibrils. These materials form the various structures comprising the connective tissiue that are: external coast or basement membranes, dense coast, neural lamellae, connective or suspending membranes, hollow strands connecting organs, filaments attaching cells, and amorphous substances cementing cells. The external coast and connective membranes are formed of only amorphous substances. The hollow strands are formed of amorphous substances, thin filaments and collagen. The neural lamellae are formed of amorphous substances and collagen and the dense coast of amorphous substances and thin filaments.

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Das Bindegewebe vonApis ist aus drei Bestandteilen zusammengestezt: aus einer armorphen Substanz, aus feinen und elektronendichten Fäden und aus Fibrillen, die dem Kollagen gleichen. Dieses Material bildet die verschiedenen Strukturen des Bindegewebes: äussere Verkleidung der Zellen bzw. der Basalmembranen, elektronendichte Hüllen, Neurallamellen, Binde- oder Aufhänge-Membranen, Hohlstränge, die Organe verbinden, Filamente, die Zellen untereinander verbinden und amorpher Substanz, die die Zellen einbetten. die Verkeleidung der Zellen und die Bindemembranen werden nur aus amorphen Stoffen gebildet, die Hohlstänge aus amorphen Stoffen, sowie aus dünnen Filamenten und Kollagen. Die Neurallamellen bestehen aus amorpher Substanz and Kollagen, die elektronendichte Verkleidungen aus amorpher Substanz und dünnen Fibrillen.

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with financial support of FAPESP (Fundção de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) et CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Technológico).

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da Cruz-Landim, C. Connective tissue ofApis mellifera: An ultrastructural study. Ins. Soc 23, 263–275 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02283901

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