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Oogenesis of campeloma rufum, a parthenogenetic snail

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    The oogonia, as they arise from the germinal epithelium, are about 10 microns in diameter.

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    A growth period follows the oogonial division.

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    The diploid number of chromosomes is 12.

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    In the prophase stages no synapsis has been observed.

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    Secondary nucleoli develop in the oocyte and disappear before polocyte formation.

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    But one polocyte is formed. This takes place while the egg cell is still attached to the ovarian wall.

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    there is no reduction in chromosome number in the polocyte formation.

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    After extrusion of the polar body, the egg passes into the oviduct where the first cleavage is completed.

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    Many abortive ova are found in some individuals, particularly in late summer months.

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    All the evidences, herein presented, support the view thatCampeloma rufum reproduces normally by a diploid parthenogenesis.

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With 30 figures in the text.

Contributions from the Zoological Laboratory of the University of Illinois, No. 513.

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Mattox, N.T. Oogenesis of campeloma rufum, a parthenogenetic snail. Z.Zellforsch 27, 455–464 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02451192

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