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2027-09-15
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MORPHOLOGICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PRODUCTION STRUCTURES, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF VENOM IN THE PARASITIC WASP BRACON VULGARIS
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Recife, PE, Brasil
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It was described the morphology and histological composition of the structures related to production, storage and distribution of Bracon vulgaris venom, a wasp that parasite their hosts after the inoculation of a venom which causes irreversible paralysis. Were found 22 glandular filaments, coated with secretory epithelium associated with a reservoir coated internally by a chitin layer and externally by striated muscular fibers. A valve mediates the passage of the toxin to venom duct towards the parasitoids sting.
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