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The origin of lipid droplets in the post-pharyngeal gland of Dinoponera australis (Formicidae: Ponerinae)

Cytologia (2002) 67(3) 301-308
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.67.301
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Abstract

The post-pharyngeal gland of normal and starvation ants was studied under TEM. This study showed an orgin of lipids droplets from mitochondria (named derivate mitochondria) in the normal ants and the lipids absence or reduction, in fasting ants.

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Caetano, F. H., Zara, F. J., & Gregório, E. A. (2002). The origin of lipid droplets in the post-pharyngeal gland of Dinoponera australis (Formicidae: Ponerinae). Cytologia, 67(3), 301–308. https://doi.org/10.1508/cytologia.67.301

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