Title
Morphohistological observations on testicle and spermatozoa of Microlophus peruvianus (Lesson, 1826) (Sauria:Tropiduridae)
Other title
Observaciones morfohistológicas del testículo y espermatozoides de Microlophus peruvianus (Lesson, 1826) (Sauria:Tropiduridae
Date Issued
01 July 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The present work provides morphological and histological information of the testicles and spermatozoon of 5 specimens of the Peruvian small lizard Microlophus peruvianus (Lesson, 1826), from Huaral, Lima (11° 26′S; 77o24′W); collected during September, 2005. The fieldwork was combined with the gonads analysis at the laboratory. The snout-sewer length average was 91,3mm ± 13.655; all specimens deals a great spermatogenic meiotic activity showing a germinative epithelium thickness of 126.33 mμ ± 0.092, which suggests that the month of collect would be within its active cycle of reproduction. The spermatogenic cells present the typical cellular types of the spermatogenesis: spermatogonias (3.544 mμ ± 0.4513), primary espermatocitos (4.864 mμ ± 0.5292), spermatids (2.85 mμ ± 0.4071); No secondary spermatocytes where founded. The morphology and biometry of the spermatozoon of M. peruvianus proposes its importance as taxonomic value.
Start page
259
End page
261
Volume
13
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología reproductiva
Biología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85044984495
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
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