ULTRASTRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF THE EVOLUTION OF UTERINE WALL DURING PREGNANCY IN TYPHLONECTES-COMPRESSICAUDUS, A VIVIPAROUS GYMNOPHIONAN AMPHIBIA

Authors
HRAOUIBLOQUET S ESCUDIE G EXBRAYAT JM
Citation
S. Hraouibloquet et al., ULTRASTRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF THE EVOLUTION OF UTERINE WALL DURING PREGNANCY IN TYPHLONECTES-COMPRESSICAUDUS, A VIVIPAROUS GYMNOPHIONAN AMPHIBIA, Bulletin de la Societe zoologique de France, 119(3), 1994, pp. 237-242
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Bulletin de la Societe zoologique de France → ACNP
ISSN journal
0037962X
Volume
119
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
237 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-962X(1994)119:3<237:UAOTEO>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The epithelial ultrastructure of uterus in the viviparous Typhlonectes compressicaudus was studied in pregnant females. In animals that brin g early stages of development, the uterus wall consists in secretory a nd ciliated cells. At the end of pregnancy, these cells degenerate. A new cellular type then appears in the connective tissue. They would or iginate a new epithelium.