Male Accessory Glands of Blister Beetles and Cantharidin Release: A Comparative Ultrastructural Analysis

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Meloidae, also called blister beetles, are known to actively produce cantharidin, a toxic terpene with a defensive function that is released externally by reflex bleeding, and that is also stored in large quantities in the male accessory glands. These glands are involved in the trans...

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Autores principales: Muzzi, Maurizio, Mancini, Emiliano, Fratini, Emiliano, Cervelli, Manuela, Gasperi, Tecla, Mariottini, Paolo, Persichini, Tiziana, Bologna, Marco Alberto, Di Giulio, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8875262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206706
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13020132

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8875262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206706
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13020132

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