yellow body [FBbt_00001909]
During adult midgut development, the epithelia of the larval proventriculus, gastric caeca, and midgut are sloughed off into the lumen of the new midgut, to form the yellow body, which is evacuated as the meconium after adult eclosion (Skaer, 1993).
yellow body
ID: FBbt_00001909
Anatomy
During adult midgut development, the epithelia of the larval proventriculus, gastric caeca, and midgut are sloughed off into the lumen of the new midgut, to form the yellow body, which is evacuated as the meconium after adult eclosion (Skaer, 1993).
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