Sperm storage in the oviduct of the American alligator

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 581-587

  Gist, Daniel H ^a   Bagwill, April ^b   Lance, Valentine ^c   Sever, David M ^b   Elsey, Ruth M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; TIME; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; OVIDUCTS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 57749190310     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.434     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (23)

1. Bakst MR. 1994. Fate of fluorescent stained sperm following insemination: new light on oviducal sperm transport and storage in the turkey. Biol Reprod 43:271-275.
2. Birkhead TM, Moller AP. 1992. Sperm competition in birds. London: Academic Press.
3. Davenport M. 1995. Evidence of possible sperm storage in the caiman, Paleosuchus palpebrosus. Herpetological Rev 26:14-15.
4. Davis LM, Glenn TC, Elsey RM, Dessauer HC, Sawyer RH. 2001. Multiple paternity and mating patterns in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis. Mol Ecol 10:1011-1024.
5. Drobnis EZ, Overstreet JW. 1992. Natural history of mammalian sperm in the female reproductive tract. Oxf Rev Reprod Biol 14:1-45.
6. Fischer EN, Gist DH. 1993. Fine structure of the sperm storage tubules in the box turtle oviduct. J Reprod Fert 97:463-468.
7. Gabe M, Saint Girons H. 1964. Contribution a l'histologie de Sphenodon punctatus Gray. Chapter 5. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. p 69-87.
8. Garrick L, Lang JW. 1977. Social signals and behavior of adult alligators and crocodiles. Am Zool 17:225-239.
9. Gist DH, Congdon JD. 1998. Sperm storage as a reproductive tactic in turtles. J Exp Zool 282:526-534.
10. Gist DH, Jones JM. 1987. Storage of sperm within the reptilian oviduct. Scanning Microsc 1:1839-1849.
11. Gist DH, Jones JM. 1989. Storage of sperm within the oviduct of turtles. J Morphol 199:379-384.
12. Gist DH, Turner TT, Congdon JD. 2000. Chemical and thermal effects on the viability and motility of spermatozoa from the turtle epididymis. J Reprod Fert 119:271-277.
13. Guillette LJ Jr., Woodward AR, Crain DA, Masson GR, Palmer BD, Cox MC, You-Xiang Q, Orlando EF. 1997. The reproductive cycle of the female American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Gen Comp Endocrinol 108:87-101.
14. Jacob M, Bakst MR. 2007. Developmental anatomy of the reproductive tract. In: Jamieson BGM, editor. Reproductive biology and phylogeny of birds. Enfield, New Hampshire: Science Publishers. p 149-179.
15. Joanen T, McNease L. 1980. Reproductive biology of the American alligator in southwest Louisiana. In: Murphy JB, Collins JT, editors. Reproductive biology and diseases of captive reptiles. Contr. Herp. No. 1. Lawrence, Kansas: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. p 153-159.
16. Johnson AL. 1986. Reproduction in the female. In: Sturkie PD, editor. Avian Physiology, 4th edition. New York: Springer. p 403-431.
17. Lance VA. 1989. Reproductive cycle of the American alligator. Am Zool 29:999-1018.
18. Palmer BD, Guillette LJ Jr. 1992. Alligators provide evidence for the evolution of an archosaurian mode of oviparity. Biol Reprod 46:39-47.
19. Sever DM, Hamlett WC. 2002. Female sperm storage in reptiles. J Exp Zool 292:187-199.
20. Sever DM, Ryan TJ. 1999. Ultrastructure of the reproductive system of the black swamp snake (Seminatrix pygea): Part I. Evidence for oviductal sperm storage. J Morphol 241:1-18.
21. Smith HM, Sinenik G, Fawcett JD, Jones RE. 1972. A survey of the chronology of ovulation in anoline lizard genera. Trans Kans Acad Sci 75:107-120.
22. Stepinska U, Bakst MR. 2007. Fertilization. In: Jamieson BGM, editor. Reproductive biology and phylogeny of birds. Enfield, New Hampshire: Science Publishers. p 553-587.
23. Wilkinson PM. 1983. Nesting ecology of the American alligator in coastal South Carolina. Study completion report. August 1978-September 1983. S. C. Wildlife and Marine Resources Department. 114p.