Authors : Ahmad Gharzi, Afsaneh Yari and Nasrollah Rastegar-Pouyani
Abstract: In this research, researchers studied gross and microscopical characteristics of the ovaries and their germinal beds in a newly reported lizard, Acantodactylus boskianus 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’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.
Ahmad Gharzi, Afsaneh Yari and Nasrollah Rastegar-Pouyani, 2012. Morphology and Histology of Ovary’s Germinal Beds in the Lacertid Lizard, Acantodactylus boskianus (Sauria; Lacertidae). Research Journal of Animal Sciences, 6: 8-11.