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Oögenesis in a braconid parasitoid Apanteles glomeratus (L.) is described and compared with that in other hymenoptera.
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The processes are similar, except that there is no uptake of protein for yolk formation with the associated configurations in the follicle cells and the periphery of the oöcyte.
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King, P.E., Ratcliffe, N.A. & Fordy, M.R. Oögenesis in a braconid, Apanteles glomeratus (L.) possessing an hydropic type of egg. Z. Zellforsch. 119, 43–57 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00330537
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