Sperm storage is a common phenomenon in most female reptiles. Evidence of sperm storage is based on the observation that female fertilization occurs even when females are separated from males, as well as the presence of agglomerates of spermatozoa in specific regions of the oviducts. Lizards are capable of storing sperm in the uterine tube, vagina, or in both regions. However, representatives of the Gekkonidae ...
Hemidactylus mabouia is an Africa oviparous lizard that is now distributed on other continents and has been introduced to Brazil. In the majority of reptiles, the females have the ability to store spermatozoa in specialized regions of the genital tract. Considering that in H. mabouia the storage of spermatozoa is restricted to the region of the uterine tube, in this study we utilized optical and transmission el...
Sperm storage is a common phenomenon in most female reptiles. Evidence of sperm storageis based on the observation that female fertilization occurs even when females are sepa-rated from males, as well as the presence of agglomerates of spermatozoa in specific regionsof the oviducts. Lizards are capable of storing sperm in the uterine tube, vagina, or in bothregions. However, representatives of the Gekkonidae fa...
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; Hemidactylus mabouia is the gecko species more thoroughly distributed in Brazil, being common in anthropic atmospheres, what turns easy its use as model for study of the reptiles. Likewise, aiming at to describe morphologically the alimentary canal of H. mabouia, 17 adult specimens were used, being collected fragments of the esophagus, of the oesophag...
Universidade Federal de Viçosa; Anatomical, histological and morphometric aspects of the small intestine of adult capybaras were analyzed, being obtained data on the length and the volumetric capacity of this organ and of its segments, as wel1 as histological characteristics of its wal1, with emphasis in the study of the enteroendocrine cel1s and of the submucosal and myenteric nervous ganglions. For the histol...
Hemidactylus mabouia is an Africa oviparous lizard that is now distributed on other continents and has been introduced to Brazil. In the majority of reptiles, the females have the ability to store spermatozoa in specialized regions of the genital tract. Considering that in H. mabouia the storage of spermatozoa is restricted to the region of the uterine tube, in this study we utilized optical and transmission el...