Shaw J R, Erasmus D A
Parasitology. 1981 Feb;82(1):121-4. doi: 10.1017/s0031182000041913.
The variation in the development of the reproductive system of female Schistosoma mansoni from single six infections is described. Vitelline cell development was assessed by staining for phenolic substances and the development of Mehlis' gland and the ovary by electron microscopy. Although there was considerable variation in the development of worms for individual mice harbouring infections of the same age, the men values indicated that there was a low level of differentiation and turnover of vitelline cells in worms 30-200 days post-infection. The proportion of females with possessed mature vitelline cells showed a general increase with age. The ovary was always in an immature stage but the development of Mehlis' gland showed some variation. The results suggest that the stimulus given by the male to the female is not necessarily to initiate development of the reproductive system but to increase the rate of development of the vitelline gland and to co-ordinate the development of the entire reproductive system.
描述了感染单尾蚴6次的曼氏血吸虫雌性生殖系统的发育变化。通过对酚类物质染色评估卵黄细胞的发育，并通过电子显微镜观察梅氏腺和卵巢的发育。尽管对于感染相同年龄的个体小鼠，虫体发育存在相当大的差异，但平均值表明，感染后30 - 200天的虫体中卵黄细胞的分化和更新水平较低。拥有成熟卵黄细胞的雌性比例总体上随年龄增加。卵巢始终处于未成熟阶段，但梅氏腺的发育存在一些差异。结果表明，雄性对雌性的刺激不一定是启动生殖系统的发育，而是提高卵黄腺的发育速度并协调整个生殖系统的发育。
