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Seasonal variations in the fertilizing capacity ofBufo arenarum (Amphibia Anura) spermatozoa

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La capacidad fecundante de los espermatozoides deBufo arenarum decae más rápidamente en verano que en invierno. Ello probablemente sea debido a la presencia, durante el invierno, de factores testiculares de protección.

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This work was supported by a grant from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas de la República Argentina and by the Population Council grant No. 71.68 awarded to the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas to be administered by the Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán.

The author is most grateful to Dr.F. D. Barbieri for his kind discussion and helpful advice in the course of the present study.

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Cabada, M.O. Seasonal variations in the fertilizing capacity ofBufo arenarum (Amphibia Anura) spermatozoa. Experientia 31, 174–175 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990688

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