THE EFFECTS OF FOLLICLE-STIMULATING-HORMONE TREATMENT ON EARLY MEIOTIC OOCYTES OF PODARCIS-SICULA (LACERTILIA)

Authors
MOTTA CM BORRELLI L FILOSA S
Citation
Cm. Motta et al., THE EFFECTS OF FOLLICLE-STIMULATING-HORMONE TREATMENT ON EARLY MEIOTIC OOCYTES OF PODARCIS-SICULA (LACERTILIA), General and comparative endocrinology, 99(1), 1995, pp. 1-5
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
General and comparative endocrinology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00166480
Volume
99
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1 - 5
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-6480(1995)99:1<1:TEOFTO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The effects of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) on early meiotic ooc ytes were studied by cytological, autoradiographic, and photometric te chniques. In addition to regulating oogonial proliferation, oogenesis, and folliculogenesis, the hormone influenced germ cell number and the time course of early meiosis. FSH did not affect the timing of DNA re plication and amplification and did not change the amount of rDNA accu mulated in the nucleus by amplification. A genetic control mechanism f or these processes is suggested. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.