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Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Vol s3-103, 85-91, Copyright © 1962 by Company of Biologists

Histological Changes in the Gut and Associated Tissues of Mitopus Morio (Phalangiida) During Digestion of Lipid and Carbohydrate

JOHN PHILLIPSON 1

1 The Department of Zoology, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham

In Mitopus morio both lipid and glycogen are stored in the connective tissues. The lipid stores reach their maximum at approximately 48 h after feeding, whereas glycogen reaches a maximum at 12 h and then gradually disappears only to reach a second maximum at 48 h. This second maximum is probably due to the conversion of lipid and/or protein into glycogen. Glycogen formed the main storage material (on a volume basis), a result which differs from that of Kästner (1935) and Frank (1937), who regarded lipid as the main storage product. The survival periods of starved adults of M. morio are 6.4 ± 0.8 days (males) and 8.6 ± 0.6 days (females).






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