Deposition of calcium salts in oocytes and ovarian somatic tissue of millipedes.
Until recently calcium concretions commonly encountered in the millipede ooplasm were considered as mineral store, incorporated in larva exoskeleton during embryogenesis. The presence of mineral bodies also in somatic tissues of millipedes (including ovarian epithelia) suggests that their appearance is mainly associated with detoxification of physiologically active mineral ions excess.
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Zoological Institute, Dept. General Zoology, Wroclaw University, ul. Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wroclaw, Poland.