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Extraction, Labeling, and Purification of Lineage-Specific Cells from Human Antral Follicles
Published on: November 30, 2022
Follicle duct cell ultrastructure and eggshell formation in Triops cancriformis (crustacea, notostraca)
Massimo Trentini1, Franca Sabelli Scanabissi1
1Institute of Zoology, University of Bologna, I-40126, Bologna, Italy.
Abstract:
Electron microscopy of the cells of the follicle duct of Triops cancriformis shows that the follicular ducts are lined by a single-layered epithelium which also produces the eggshell material. The cytoplasm is rich in rough endoplasmic reticulum that synthesizes the eggshell material which subsequently aggregates into preformed vacuoles. Newly formed spheres of eggshell material are then excreted into the lumen. At the end of vitellogenesis the oocytes descend toward the longitudinal oviduct and pass through the eggshell material which fills the follicle ducts. The production of the eggshell and its chemical composition in some Phyllopoda are compared. The paper discusses the relationship between the eggshell construction and the reproductive biology of the population.
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