Cytoplasmic bridges within the follicular epithelium of the ovarioles of two diptera, Aedes aegypti and Stomoxys calcitrans.
The cells of the follicular epithelium of the ovarioles of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.), and of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), have been found to be interconnected by cytoplasmic bridges. Cytoplasmic bridges have been reported between sibling gamete cells of both male and female insects, but these bridges have not been previously reported to exist between somatic cells of insects.
D000330:Aedes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004175:Diptera / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010053:Ovary / Q000648:ultrastructure*