DIEFENBACH, T. J., and GOLDBERG, J. I. 1990. Postembryonic expression of the serotonin phenotype in Helisoma trivolvis:comparison between laboratory-reared and wild-type strains. Can. J. Zool. 68: 1382-1389. In a laboratory-reared albino strain of the snail Helisoma trivolvis, the number of neurons expressing the serotonin phenotype increases markedly during postembryonic life. To address whether these latent changes occur selectively in the laboratory-reared strain, postembryonic expression of serotonin immunoreactivity was directly compared in laboratory-reared and wild-type specimens. The spatial pattern of serotonin-immunoreactive neurons was generally the same in the two strains. In contrast, the time course over which this pattern was generated was more prolonged in the wild types than in the laboratory-reared strain. The cerebral, left parietal, and visceral ganglia of laboratory-reared animals completed their postembryonic acquisition of serotonin-immunoreactive neurons by stage P 10. Acquisition of serotonin-immunoreactive neurons after stage P 10 occurred only in the pedal ganglia. In the wild types, addition of serotonin-immunoreactive neurons continued at least until stage P20 in all of the ganglia examined. Analysis of serotonergic clusters within the cerebral and pedal ganglia revealed distinct developmental patterns for individual clusters. Therefore, the acquisition of the serotonin phenotype during postembryonic life is a normal component of nervous system development in wild-type H. trivolvis. DIEFENBACH, T. J., et GOLDBERG, J. I. 1990. Postembryonic expression of the serotonin phenotype in Helisoma trivolvis : comparison between laboratory-reared and wild-type strains. Can. J. Zool. 68 : 1382-1389. Chez une souche albino tlevCe en laboratoire d'escargots Helisoma trivolvis, le nombre de neurones oh il y a expression du phCnotype sirotonine augmente considCrablement durant la vie postembryonnaire. Afin de diterminer si ces changements latents ont lieu de fagon stlective chez les escargots de la souche de laboratoire, l'expression de I'immunorCactivitC a la sirotonine au cours de la vie postembryonnaire a Ct C comparee chez des spkcimens de laboratoire et chez des spCcimens d'une souche sauvage. La repartition spatiale des neurones immunorCactifs a la sCrotonine Ctait gCnCralement la mCme chez les deux souches. Cependant, 1'Cvolution conduisant a cette rCpartition Ctait plus longue chez les spCcimens de la souche sauvage que chez ceux de la souche de laboratoire. Les ganglions cCrCbraux, et les ganglions pariCtal et visceral gauches des animaux de laboratoire avaient acquis leurs neurones immunorCactifs a la serotonine au stade PI0 du dCveloppement postembryonnaire. Par la suite, l'acquisition des neurones immunorCactifs a la sCrotonine ne se poursuivait que dans les ganglions du pied. Chez les individus de la souche sauvage, l'addition de ces neurones a Ct C observie au moins jusqu'au stade P20, dans tous les ganglions examints. L'analyse des faisceaux ~Crotonergiques dans les ganglions cCrCbr...