This book deals with reproduction of Amphibians belonging to three extant orders:
Caecilians, Salamanders, Frogs and Toads. Separate chapters have been written for males …

The features of rDNA amplification have been studied in oocytes of the red-eared slider
Trachemys scripta using a number of specific histochemical and cytomolecular methods. A …

Formation of the follicular envelopes surrounding oocytes in the developing ovary and their
subsequent morphological differentiation go hand-in-hand with succession of the …

Fine structure observations were performed by means of electron microscopy on oogenesis
and vitellogenesis and the special functions of follicular cells in the Chinese soft-shelled …

We tested the hypothesis that melanin has a role as a molecule within the thyroid-mediated
cascade. Light microscopic and ultrastructural changes in the skeletal muscle during tail …

The female reproductive system in Gymnophiona is composed of a pair of ovaries
accompanied by fat bodies, a pair of oviducts, and a cloaca. The first anatomical description …

We describe the ultrastructural organization of the vitellogenic follicle stages in two caecilian
species. Monthly samples of slices of ovary of Ichthyophis tricolor and Gegeneophis …

There is a paucity of information on the female reproductive biology of the caecilian
amphibians when compared with the other vertebrate groups. Hence, the accumulation of …

1 Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research,
Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland, e-mail address: kuba …

The structures of the female reproductive system (ovary, oviduct and cloaca) of I chthyophis
supachaii were investigated by dissection, histology and light microscopy. Paired …