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A stereological analysis of developing egg chambers in the honeybee queen, Apis mellifera

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A polytrophic ovariole of the queen honeybee, Apis mellifera, is composed of a linear series of increasingly mature egg chambers, each consisting of an oocyte, an interconnected cluster of nurse cells, and a covering layer of follicle cells. This study describes changes in the volume of each of these components, as a function of the position of the egg chamber in the ovariole. An oocyte increases in volume from approximately 8.9 × 103 μm3 to approximately 9.6 × 106 μm3 over an average series of 20 egg chambers.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1100 Florida Avenue, 70119, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    Joseph Torres Jr.

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Torres, J. A stereological analysis of developing egg chambers in the honeybee queen, Apis mellifera . Cell Tissue Res. 208, 29–33 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00234170

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