TY  - JOUR
T1  - Morphology and Histology of Ovary&#146;s Germinal Beds in the Lacertid Lizard, <I>Acantodactylus boskianus</I> (Sauria; Lacertidae)
AU - Gharzi, Ahmad AU - Yari, Afsaneh AU - Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrollah 
JO  - Research Journal of Animal Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SP  - 8
EP  - 11
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5269
DO  - rjnasci.2012.8.11
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjnasci.2012.8.11
KW  - Lizard
KW  -oogonia
KW  -gravid
KW  -reproductive
KW  -microscopy
KW  -Iran
AB  - In this research, researchers studied gross and microscopical characteristics of the ovaries and their germinal beds in a newly reported lizard, <I>Acantodactylus boskianus</I> from Iran. Researchers found that in this species ovaries show variable morphology and located under the gut, just above the kidneys. Near to gonads hilum, a single germinal bed containing numerous oogonia and developing primordial follicles is observed that seems to be derived from the epithelium&#146;s gonad. The germinal bed shaped like a butterfly in histological sections and produces a single clutch per year. It seems that this single germinal bed has evolved from merging two separate beds.
ER  -