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In the fat body of ovipositing female Colorado beetles, two types of lobes occur. The first type, the internal fat body, is highly specialised for protein synthesis. A lobe of the second type, the peripheral fat body, contains two types of cells, oenocytes and glycogen cells. Ovariectomy, performed at adult moult results in hypertrophy of the glycogen cells of the peripheral fat body. The lobes are characterized by the storage of lipid bodies and glycogen and by numerous mitochondria. Short-day conditions ab ovo, which induce diapause in adults, also result in hypertrophy of glycogen cells of the peripheral fat body. Furthermore, only few mitochondria occur but many proteinaceous bodies may be observed, which conditions are in contrast to the observed effects of castration. The fat body of allatectomized long-day females, has the same structure as that of short day beetles. Consequently a lack of juvenile hormone induces the proteinaceous bodies.
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Dr. A. De Loof gratefully acknowledges a scholarship as “Aspirant” of the National Foundation of Scientific Research in Belgium. We wish to thank Prof. Dr. h. C. J. de Wilde for his suggestions and helpfull criticism. We also thank Mr. W. Bohijn for his help in operating the EM and Mr. G. Maes for photography.
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De Loof, A., Lagasse, A. Juvenile hormone and the ultrastructural properties of the fat body of the adult Colorado beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata say. Z. Zellforsch. 106, 439–450 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00335785
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