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Follicle cell tubular system in the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii: a route for exchanges between haemolymph and vitellogenic oocytes?
Author(s) -
Jugan P.,
Zerbib C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
biology of the cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1768-322X
pISSN - 0248-4900
DOI - 10.1111/j.1768-322x.1984.tb00315.x
Subject(s) - macrobrachium rosenbergii , prawn , biology , hemolymph , vitellogenesis , horseradish peroxidase , follicle , fishery , anatomy , epithelium , microbiology and biotechnology , oocyte , andrology , endocrinology , embryo , botany , biochemistry , enzyme , medicine , genetics
The epithelial cells of the ovary follicles have been studied in the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii using electron microscope and horseradish peroxidase. A network of circumvoluted and anastomosed tubules, measuring about 0.15 micron in diameter, communicates with the extracellular spaces. This tubular network is a structure which extensively increases the permeability of the follicular epithelium.