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Naturwissenschaften

Title:		"A new type of exocrine gland and its function in mass recruitment in the ant Cylindromyrmex whymperi (Formicidae, Cerapachyinae)"
Author(s):		Gobin B; Ruppell O; Hartmann A; Jungnickel H; Morgan ED; Billen J;
Address:		"University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany. bruno.gobin@bio.kuleuven.ac.be"
Journal Title:		Naturwissenschaften
Year:		2001
Volume:		88
Issue:		9
Page Number:		395 - 399
DOI:		10.1007/s001140100251
ISSN/ISBN:		0028-1042 (Print) 0028-1042 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Workers of the ant Cylindromyrmex whymperi display mass trail recruitment. Bioassays show that the trail pheromone originates from a unique gland between abdominal sternites 6 and 7. The gland has a hitherto unknown structural organization. Upon leaving the secretory cell, the duct cell widens to form a sclerotized pear-shaped reservoir chamber, lined with multiple duct cells. Each duct thus forms a miniature reservoir for the secretions of each single secretory cells, a novel structural arrangement in exocrine glands of social Hymenoptera"
Keywords:		"Abdomen Animals Ants/cytology/*physiology/ultrastructure Exocrine Glands/cytology/*physiology/ultrastructure Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Social Behavior;"
Notes:		"MedlineGobin, B Ruppell, O Hartmann, A Jungnickel, H Morgan, E D Billen, J eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Germany 2001/11/02 Naturwissenschaften. 2001 Sep; 88(9):395-9. doi: 10.1007/s001140100251"