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The significance of the asymmetry of the ovaries of the fowl
Author(s) -
Brode Malcolm D.
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1050460102
Subject(s) - mesonephros , mesonephric duct , biology , ovary , anatomy , medullary cavity , gonad , fowl , embryo , endocrinology , kidney , embryonic stem cell , microbiology and biotechnology , paleontology , biochemistry , gene
A chronological investigation of the histological condition of the right ovary of the domestic hen from embryos of nine days' incubation to adults of eighteen months was made. A rudiment of the right ovary is found at all times. Its composition is variable. Sixty‐one per cent of the rudimentary ovaries contained medullary tissue only. Thirty‐nine per cent had rudiments of cortex, in addition. The occurrence of cortical rudiments in embryonic stages is the probable basis of ovarian follicles found in the rudimentary right ovaries of adults. Primordial germ cells persist in the medullary tissue until three weeks after hatching. They subsequently appear to atrophy. The medullary cords persist through the entire period either as distended tubules or as solid cords of modified epithelial cells. Remnants of the right mesonephros persist as tubules and connect with the gonad by rete tubules. The mesonephric duct maintains a patent lumen.