Dehiscent organs used for defensive behavior of kamikaze termites of the genus Ruptitermes (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae) are not glands
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- 作者：Silvana B. Poiani ; silbeani@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Ana M. Costa-Leonardo
- 关键词：Abdominal rupture ; Fat body ; Histochemistry ; Protein ; Soldierless termites ; Workers
- 刊名：Micron
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：82
- 期：Complete
- 页码：63-73
- 全文大小：4167 K
文摘
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Kamikaze termites are workers specialized in defense in soldierless Apicotermitinae.
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Those workers use an organ for defense that was thought to be an exocrine gland.
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We proved by light, confocal and transmission electron microscopy that is not a gland.
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Dehiscent organs are responsible for bursting and are originated from larvae fat body.
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Larval fat body produces and stores toxic secretion composed by protein.