Sura P
Department of Embryology and Medical Genetics, Nicolaus Copernicus University School of Medicine, Kraków, Poland.
Folia Biol (Krakow). 1992;40(3-4):145-9.
A circadian morphological rhythm of the pineal organ, as judged by changes in the nuclear volume of the photoreceptor cells, was found in sexually mature male Yellow-bellied toads (Bombina variegata) maintained continuously at 26 degrees C and on a 17L/7D illumination cycle. The greatest nuclear volume occurred at the photophase (16.00 h), and the lowest at the end of the scotophase (4.00 h).
在持续保持于26摄氏度并处于17小时光照/7小时黑暗光照周期的性成熟雄性黄腹蟾蜍(铃蟾)中,通过感光细胞的核体积变化判断,发现松果体存在昼夜形态节律。核体积在光照期(16:00)最大,在暗期结束时(4:00)最小。