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Die Beeinflussbarkeit sekundärer Geschlechtsmerkmale vonOniscus asellus durch die Gonaden

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A brief report is given of some experiments carried out with the woodlouseOniscus asellus. Effects of gonadectomy and of the transplantation of gonads of the other sex were studied. The castration of male woodlice never produced a visible alternation of their secondary sex-characteristics. The transplantation of testicular tubes into females of a different age induced a complete change of the 1. and 2. pleopods to male gonopods and the formation of a penis in about 50% of the surviving animals. Rarely there was also observed a clear transformation of the ovaries in an intersexual direction. The transplantation of ovarian tissue or of female hemolymph into male woodlice caused hitherto always a lethal effect.

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  1. Abteilung für Genetik des Forschungsinstituts für Rebenzüchtung Geilweilerhof, Siebeldingen (Pfalz)

    G. de Lattin & F. -J. Gross

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de Lattin, G., Gross, F.J. Die Beeinflussbarkeit sekundärer Geschlechtsmerkmale vonOniscus asellus durch die Gonaden. Experientia 9, 338–339 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02155837

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