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Testicular metamorphosis and prolongation of spermatogenesis in starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in the absence of daily photostimulation

✍ Scribed by Rutledge, James T. ;Schwab, Robert G.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1974
Tongue: English
Weight: 453 KB
Volume: 187
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-104X
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1401870109

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Abstract

Male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) were held in constant darkness for 448 days. Testicular widths, measured in situ via unilateral laparotomy at two to four week intervals, revealed that testicular growth reached a size associated with spermatogenesis in an average of 101 days. The spermatogenic period persisted for an average of 296 days. Histological examination of testes from two birds after 280 days of treatment revealed mature sperm in the seminiferous tubules. Complete testicular involution did not occur. Current photoperiodic theory must be modified to explain testicular metamorphosis without daily photostimulation in an avian species known to be photoperiodic.

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