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Comparative Study
. 1982;221(3):607-15.
doi: 10.1007/BF00215704.

Comparative study of structure and function of blood cells from two Drosophila species

M Brehélin
Comparative Study

Comparative study of structure and function of blood cells from two Drosophila species

M Brehélin. Cell Tissue Res. 1982.

Abstract

Hemocytes of Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila yakuba larvae have been defined in terms of their ultrastructure and functions in "coagulation", wound healing, encapsulation, phenol-oxidase activity, and phagocytosis. The position of these cells among the classical hemocyte types of insects is determined. We distinguish two plasmatocyte types (macrophage-plasmatocytes and lamellocytes) which do not seem to belong to the same lineage, and oenocytoids which are the crystal cells of the literature.

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