The ommatidium of the termite mastotermes darwiniensis |
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Authors: | Horridge G A Giddings C |
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Affiliation: | Department of Neurobiology, Research Sehool of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, P.O. Box 475, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia. |
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Abstract: | An electron microscope study of the compound eye of the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis shows that the ommatidia have both primitive and specialized features. The ommatidia are of the apposition type with eight similar retinular cells, a fused rhabdom, irregularly orientated rhabdomere tubules and no tracheae. The retinula cells contain lipid. The cone cells have unusual processes, which thicken towards the basement membrane and contain rough endoplasmic reticulum, granules and dense bodies. These processes may act as a primitive transport system for nutrients. |
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