meroistic

meroistic

(ˌmɛrəʊˈɪstɪk)
adj
(Zoology) (of an ovary) producing yolk and ova
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acupunctatus contained a bulky germarium and are probably of the meroistic, telotrophic type as reported in other weevils (Grodowitz et al.
Food quality influences ovarian development in Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae)
Therophilus javanus ovarioles belong to the polytrophic meroistic type.
An Insight in the Reproductive Biology of Therophilus javanus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, and Agathidinae), a Potential Biological Control Agent against the Legume Pod Borer (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)
Recent reports have suggested that PRIP-type AQPs are important for oocyte development irrespective of insect ovary structure (panoistic or meroistic) (Herraiz et al., 2011; Liu et al., 2011).
Insect water-specific aquaporins in developing ovarian follicles of the silk moth Bombyx mori: Role in hydration during egg maturation
In polytrophic meroistic ovaries, such as the ovary of bees, each ovarian follicle is constituted by one or several nurse cells that accompany the oocytes in the vitellarium.
mellifera, the ovaries are of meroistic polytrophic type.
Nuclear activity in Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera, Apidae) queen ovary cells demonstrated by silver nitrate impregnation and ultrastructure/Atividade nuclear em celulas do ovario de rainha de Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera, Apidae) demonstrada por impregnacao com nitrato de prata e ultraestrutura
The ovarioles were of the telotrophic meroistic type, wherein nurse cells in the distal germarium provide nutrients to developing follicles contained in the vitellarium (Chapman 1998).
Morphology of the female reproductive system and physiological age-grading of Megamelus scutellaris (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), a biological control agent of water hyacinth
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