Histological and functional changes of oviductal endometrium during seasonal reproductive cycle of the soft-shelled turtle, Lissemys punctata punctata.

abstract：:An ultrastructural study of the ovary of the sessible jellyfish, Haliclystus octoradiatus, indicates that it is fundamentally different from that of other scyphozoans and is the most structurally complex within the class. Oocytes develop within a series of spherical, sac-like ovarian follicles consisting of an enlarge...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Eckelbarger KJ,Larson RJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in size frequency distribution of extrastromal follicles, atretric follicles (AF), and the number of oogonia, oocytes, and primordial follicles in the ovaries are studied in Calotes versicolor during its annual reproductive cycle. Extrastromal follicles were graded into stages I to VI based on their diemeter. ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Shanbhag BA,Prasad BSK

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cases of predator-induced morphological plasticity in daphnids are well studied examples of inducible defenses. However, little is known about the early development of these sometimes conspicuous traits. We compared for the first time in five different Daphnia species the embryonic development of predator-induced...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Laforsch C,Tollrian R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single pair of protonephridia is the typical larval excretory organ of molluscs. Their presence in postlarval developmental stages was discovered only recently. We found that the protonephridia of the polyplacophoran mollusc, Lepidochitona corrugata, achieve their most elaborate differentiation and become largest du...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Baeumler N,Haszprunar G,Ruthensteiner B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission electron micrographs show the branchial epithelium of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis to be composed of three kinds of cells: ciliated, parietal, and "dark." Absorptive processes of phagocytosis appear in ciliated and parietal cells; moreover, apocrine-like secretion is evident exclusively in the parietal...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Pestarino M,Fiala-Medioni A,Ravera F

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The form of amniote claws has been extensively investigated, often with inferences about ecological association being drawn from studies of their geometry. Various methods have been used to quantify differences in the geometry of claws, but rarely have the underlying assumptions of such methods been addressed. Here, w...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Tinius A,Patrick Russell A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The micropterygid moth Neomicropteryx nipponensis belongs to the most primitive suborder Zeugloptera of the Lepidoptera. During embryogenesis the small circular germ disk formed on the ventral egg surface invaginates deeply into the yolk. It finally separates from the egg periphery or rudimentary serosa, and becomes a...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kobayashi Y,Ando H

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gross lung morphology is examined in representative species from four genera within the order Lagomorpha (Lepus californicus, Sylvilagus nuttalli, Oryctolagus cuniculus, Ochotona princeps), and compared with a representative rodent out-group (Spermophilus richardonsii). Examination of pulmonary morphology reveals seve...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Simons RS

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:South American Pipidae show a unique reproductive mode, in which the fertilized eggs develop in temporarily formed brood chambers of the dorsal skin after eggs have been deposited on the back of the female. We studied the skin incubation of Pipa carvalhoi using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The sk...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Greven H,Richter S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshwater sponges of the family Spongillidae reproduce sexually through formation of a parenchymula larva. The cytochemical characteristics of parenchymula larval metamorphosis - beginning with the blastula and terminating with the motile escape stage - for the spongillid Eunapius fragilis (Leidy) have been defined u...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Harrison FW,Cowden RR

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the morphologic features of neurons in the anterior dorsal ventricular ridge (ADVR) has been followed in Golgi preparations from the lizard Gallotia galloti between embryonic stage 32 and post-eclosion stages of specimens 3.6-4.5 cm in length. The differentiation sequence of multipolar and bitufted ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Díaz C,Yanes C,Medina L,Trujillo CM,Monzón M,Puelles L

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feeding mechanics of vertebrates depend on physical constraints of the surrounding media, water or air. Such functions are inseparably combined with form. The aim of this study is to show this linkage for the pleurodiran freshwater turtle Pelusios castaneus and, additionally, to point out the major functional and biom...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Lemell P,Beisser CJ,Weisgram J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orientation of the semicircular canals of the inner ear in the skull of vertebrates is one of the determinants of the capacity of this system to detect a given rotational movement of the head. Past functional studies on the spatial orientation of the semicircular canals essentially focused on the lateral semicircu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Coutier F,Hautier L,Cornette R,Amson E,Billet G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exceptional variability in the shell of the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri, both in the keratinous surficial scutes and the underlying bones, in addition to its remarkably fenestrated bony shell are unique among tortoises. Based on 14 individuals of different sizes and ages, the observed variation in M. torni...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mautner AK,Latimer AE,Fritz U,Scheyer TM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic position of bryozoans has been disputed for decades, and molecular phylogenetic analyzes have not unequivocally clarified their position within the Bilateria. As probably the most basal bryozoans, Phylactolaemata is the most promising taxon for large-scale phylogenetic comparisons. These comparisons r...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Schwaha T,Handschuh S,Redl E,Walzl MG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To our knowledge, this paper presents the first description of neuroendocrine complexes in invertebrates. Neuroendocrine complexes have been identified in the lamina propria of the snail gut by light microscopy using Giemsa-stained, deplasticized sections and by electron microscopy. Silver impregnations and immunocyto...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Alba Y,Villaro AC,Sesma P,Vázquez JJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual dimorphism in the distribution of antennal sense organs is common among adults of the genus Periplaneta. In three out of the four strains of Periplaneta americana examined, adult males had more contact chemoreceptros than females. In the fourth strain of P. americana and in P. australasiae, P. brunnea, P. fulig...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Schafer R,Sanchez TV

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on birds have led to the hypothesis that increased intestinal absorption between enterocytes (paracellular) evolved as a compensation for smaller intestinal size in fliers, which was perhaps selected to minimize the mass of digesta carried. This hypothesis predicts that bats will also exhibit relatively reduce...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Zhang ZQ,Brun A,Price ER,Cruz-Neto AP,Karasov WH,Caviedes-Vidal E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mate, prey, and predator recognition often depend on the integration of information from multiple sensory modalities including visual, auditory, and/or olfactory inputs. In Crotalinae, the eyes sense visible light while the pit organs detect infrared (IR) radiation. Previous studies indicate that there is significant ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Liu Y,Chen Q,Papenfuss TJ,Lu F,Tang Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orbital Harderian gland of the common tree shrew (Tupaia glis) was investigated at the macroscopic and microscopic levels. In the glands of both sexes only one acinar cell type was found. The cell is characterized by the presence of numerous lipid vacuoles of variable size and by a small number of PAS-positive, el...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Pradidarcheep W,Asavapongpatana S,Mingsakul T,Poonkhum R,Nilbu-nga S,Somana R

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, was studied by light and electron microscopy of sections of resin-embedded follicles. The development of the follicles was divided into a series of 12 distinctive stages based on various morphological criteria. Structural changes in the oocyte, nurse cells, and follicle cells ar...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Yamauchi H,Yoshitake N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in body morphology during growth and reproduction in the hydromedusa Eleutheria dichotoma are described in terms of variations in eight different characters: umbrella diameter, total surface area, tentacle area, umbrella area, tentacle knob diameter, number of embryos, and diameter and area of buds. Sexually (...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Schierwater B

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of dying cells in the optic stalk in relation to retinal fiber migration was investigated in the chick embryo. Cell death was analysed at various stages of development by counting pycnotic nuclei and also by the Gomori acid phosphatase reaction, while nerve fibers were visualised by the Bodian method. A wave ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ulshafer RJ,Clavert A

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The king-of-the-salmon, Trachipterus altivelis (Lampriformes), has an unusual set of oral jaws which allow it the ability to protrude the entire upper jaw, containing the premaxilla and the maxilla bones, to extreme distances. Here, we provide a short description of the cranial anatomy and mechanism of jaw protrusion ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ferry LA,Paig-Tran EW,Summers AP,Liem KF

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iridescent butterfly scales are structurally colored, relying upon the interaction of light with detailed architecture to produce their color. In some iridescent scales, the reflective elements are contained within the body of the scale and come in two basic forms, lattices that produce diffraction colors (analogous t...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ghiradella H

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The median fins in extant actinopterygians are the product of millions of years of evolution. During this time, different developmental patterns for the dorsal and anal fins emerged leading to a high variation in median fin morphology and ontogeny. In this study, the development of anal and dorsal fins in atheriniform...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Richter P,Moritz T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extravagance and diversity of external genitalia have been well characterized in male primates; however, much less is known about sex differences or variation in female form. Our study represents a departure from traditional investigations of primate reproductive anatomy because we 1) focus on external rather than...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Drea CM,Weil A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships among families of the shark order Carcharhiniformes are still being debated, for example, in relation to the inclusion of hammerhead sharks (Sphyrnidae) and the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in the Carcharhinidae. Previous morphological studies have not analyzed the phylogenetic significance of axial c...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： de Oliveira LR,de Carvalho MR,Soares MC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the attention squamate lizards have received in the study of digit and limb loss, little is known about limb morphogenesis in pentadactyl lizards. Recent developmental studies have provided a basis for understanding lizard autopodial element homology based on developmental and comparative anatomy. In addition,...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Leal F,Tarazona OA,Ramírez-Pinilla MP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coiled shell of gastropods begins as a cap-shaped lens of organic and calcified material that covers the posterior dorsal side of the larva. During development the cap enlarges to cover the larval visceral mass. Marginal growth then produces the characteristic coiled shell. One model of the initiation of shell coi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Collin R,Voltzow J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00