Daily Rhythmicity of Corpus Allatum and Neurosecretory Cells in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> (Meig)

Ludger Rensing

Science · 1964 · 56 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

Adult females of Drosophila melanogaster show a bimodal daily rhythmicity in the function of neurosecretory and corpus allatum cells. This result was obtained by measuring the size of the nuclei and determining the pattern of neurohormone secretion.

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