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The Cell Biology of Vitellogenic Follicles in Hyalophora and Rhodnius

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Insect Ultrastructure

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Insect oocytes assemble their protein yolk bodies by receptor-mediated endocytosis of specific extracellular proteins (Telfer, 1961; Anderson, 1964; Roth and Porter, 1964; other papers reviewed by Telfer, 1965; Engelmann, 1979; Hagedorn and Kunkel, 1979). The major constituent incorporated is the sex-limited hemolymph protein, vitellogenin, but smaller amounts of lipophorin and many other hemolymph proteins are also internalized (Telfer, 1960; Telfer et al., 1981a). In special cases, several apparent modifications of this general pattern have been described: In Drosophila melanogaster and related species a fraction of the total vitellogenin accumulated is apparently synthesized within the ovary (Bownes, 1980); in Hyalophora cecropia a secretory product of the follicle cells, now termed paravitellogenin, supplements the hemolymphderived proteins (Anderson and Telfer, 1969; Bast and Telfer, 1976; Rubenstein, 1979); the fine structure of Glossina austeni suggests that yolk in this species may be assembled primarily from follicle cell products (Huebner et al., 1975); and in some apterygotes fine structure implies that some yolk may be synthesized within the oocyte itself (Bilinski, 1977). While yolk formation in insects has thus evolved a certain amount of diversity, it is nevertheless clear that in most species vitellogenin synthesized by the fat body and transported through the hemolymph is the primary source of the protein that is amassed in the oocyte (reviewed by Engelmann, 1979; Hagedorn and Kunkel, 1979).

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA

    William H. Telfer

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada

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  3. Department of Zoology and the Hope Entomological Collection, Oxford University, Oxford, England

    D. Spencer Smith

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Telfer, W.H., Huebner, E., Smith, D.S. (1982). The Cell Biology of Vitellogenic Follicles in Hyalophora and Rhodnius . In: King, R.C., Akai, H. (eds) Insect Ultrastructure. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7266-4_5

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