Variation in the circumtesticular leydig cell tunic of teiid lizards (Cnemidophorus and Ameiva)
- 1 July 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Morphology
- Vol. 119 (3) , 277-281
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1051190302
Abstract
Testicular structure in bisexual teiid lizards (Cnemidophorus and Ameiva) is apparently unique among vertebrates in having a circumtesticular subtunic band of Leydig (interstitial) cells, that varies in species of Cnemidophorus from 1.2 to 42.1 cells in thickness (transverse cross‐section), between the outer tunic (tunica albuginea) and the seminiferous tubules. The regression on body size, ontogenetic change, seasonal periodicity, and other aspects of structure and function of this subtunic Leydig cell structure are discussed.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The reproductive cycle of the western whiptail lizard (Cnemidophorus tigris) in Southern ArizonaJournal of Morphology, 1966
- Cytological Investigations of Blue Panicgrass, Panicum antidotale RetzJournal of the Arizona Academy of Science, 1965