EFFECT OF TESTOSTERONE ON SPERMATOGENESIS OF THE EDIBLE FROG RANA ESCULENTA
- 1 February 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Reproduction
- Vol. 2 (1) , 61-67
- https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0020061
Abstract
Male frogs (Rana esculenta) have been kept in a high-temperature room for 6 or 9 weeks during the resting period of the spermatogenetic cycle. Some of these frogs were treated with testosterone in the form of hypodermic pellets. It was shown that testosterone retards the formation of secondary spermatogonia and thus prevents the strong increase in spermatogenetic activity, which normally follows high-temperature treatment. The results are compared with those obtained with other frog species and with the natural conditions found in R. esculenta.Keywords
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