Histological and immunohistochemical study of the ovaries and oviducts of the juvenile female of Caiman latirostris (Crocodilia: Alligatoridae)

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the ovaries and the oviduct of juvenile females of the broad-snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802), using light microscopy, histochemical and immunocytochemical techniques. The ovarian cortex was observed to contain groups of germinative...

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Main Authors: Clarice Machado-Santos, Lailah N. de S. Santana, Rosilene F. Vargas, Marcelo Abidu-Figueiredo, Lycia de Brito-Gitirana, Maurício A. Chagas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015-10-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702015000500395&lng=en&tlng=en