Dynamics and cytochemistry of oogenesis in Leporinus striatus Kner (Teleostei, Characiformes, Anostomidae) from the Rio Sapucaí, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Abstract:Irani Quagio-Grassiotto 4 AB STRACT. Oogenes is in volves a sequense of transformati ons whi ch are undergo ne by female germ cell s. These cells change into oogonias and then into mature oocytes. Sexually matu re fe males were collected monthly, during one year, from the Rio Sapucai, tri butary of the Ri o Grande, which is part of the Furnas Reservo ir system in the state of Minas Gerais. The observed material showed that oogoni as were small spheri cal cells, had a big spherical nucleus, with a single nucleo… Show more
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