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The intrauterine development of Brugia pahangi embryos was followed from after fertilization to birth, using light and electron microscopy. The origin and development of the sheath of the microfilaria and its possible role in the nutrition of the developing embryo were particularly investigated. Comparisons were drawn with the intrauterine development of other filarial species. The egg shell of the B. pahangi embryo is distinct from the oolemma and forms the sheath of the microfilaria. It is suggested that the electron dense material released by cells of the uterine wall and passing along the channels between the egg shells of adjacent embryos is nutritive. The death of large numbers of developing embryos in the central uterine lumen is probably caused by overcrowding as their size rapidly increases, leading to nutritional deficiency.
R Rogers, and
D S Ellis, and
D A Denham
February 1979,
Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde (Berlin, Germany),
R Rogers, and
D S Ellis, and
D A Denham
May 1989,
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R Rogers, and
D S Ellis, and
D A Denham
September 1980,
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health,
R Rogers, and
D S Ellis, and
D A Denham
May 2005,
International journal for parasitology,
R Rogers, and
D S Ellis, and
D A Denham
January 1991,
Parasitology research,
R Rogers, and
D S Ellis, and
D A Denham
March 2006,
Filaria journal,
R Rogers, and
D S Ellis, and
D A Denham
February 1986,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,
R Rogers, and
D S Ellis, and
D A Denham
October 1977,
Acta medica Okayama,
R Rogers, and
D S Ellis, and
D A Denham
September 1998,
Experimental parasitology,
R Rogers, and
D S Ellis, and
D A Denham
January 1989,
Molecular and biochemical parasitology,
