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Studies on the structure of the female reproductive system and egg-shell formation in Aspiculuris tetraptera Schulz, (Nematoda: Oxyuroidea)

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A. O. Anya
A. O. Anya
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Molteno Institute, University of Cambridge
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The histological anatomy of the female reproductive system of an oxyuroid nematode, Aspiculuris tetraptera, Schulz, has been described.

The process of egg-shell formation in this animal has been followed in detail while the structural and chemical characteristics of the egg-shell have been studied by histochemical and other methods. It is shown that there are three layers: a lipoprotein layer, a ‘chitinous’ layer and the so-called vitelline (glycosidal) membrane. Evidence is presented for the exogenous origin of the lipoprotein layer: this being formed by the cells of the upper uterus which are shown to be secretory.

The question of quinone-tanning in the egg-shell of A. tetraptera and in other oxyuroids and ascarids is considered. It is shown that neither a polyphenol oxidase nor a high concentration of phenolic substances (apart from protein tyrosine) exists in this system. The significance of these and other observations is discussed in relation to the mechanism of tanning as elucidated in insects and trematodes.

I have to acknowledge with gratitude the support of many during these investigations. To Dr P. Tate for his encouragement and provision of facilities at the Molteno Institute; to Dr D. L. Lee, for much useful discussion and permission to refer to some of his unpublished electron micrographs of nematodes; to Professor J. D. Smyth, who kindly read through the manuscript; to the Cambridge Philosophical Society for a grant that made possible the translation of Fauré-Frémiet's classical study on Ascaris; and to the Department of Technical Cooperation for financial assistance.

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Parasitology , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , November 1964 , pp. 699 - 719
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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