Article
The eggshell of Drosophila melanogaster. VIII. Morphogenesis of the wax layer during oogenesis.
Tissue & cell - 1 Dec 1993
Papassideri I S, Margaritis L H, Gulik-Krzywicki T
Abstract excerpt
Utilizing freeze-fracturing and conventional electron microscopy methods, we have studied the details of morphogenesis and construction of the wax layer envelope from Oregon R and mutants of Drosophila melanogaster eggs during oogenesis. The wax layer is synthesized and secreted by the follicular cells in the form of lipid vesicles during stage 10b. During secretion (stages 10b, 11 and 12) the lipid vesicles are...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Morphogenesis
- Mutation
- Oogenesis
- Ovarian Follicle
- Ovum
- Waxes