Term of Award
1974
Degree Name
Master of Science in Biology
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Department
Department of Biology
Committee Chair
James H. Oliver
Committee Member 1
W. Keith Hartberg
Committee Member 2
Edwin T. Hibbs
Abstract
Male genital accessory gland development in Dermacentor variabilis is completed by the fourth day after initiation of feeding, while that in Argas radiatus (Argasidae) occurs between the first and tenth days after adult ecdysis. D. variabilis has twelve spongy and/or granular lobes, and A. radiatus has fourteen spongy and/or granular lobes. The glands lack cellular differentiation in immatures, but have four distinct cell types present in adults. Both species also possess apocrine, holocrine, and merocrine secretory mechanisms. Secretions contain acid polysaccharides, mucin, glycogen, basic protein, and other products. Continually produced accessory gland secretions accumulate before mating and are discharged at the time of mating. Additional secretory material is produced soon after mating. A new tubular cell type is described.
OCLC Number
1035373086
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Recommended Citation
Murphy, Richard W., "Comparative Histology and Histochemistry of the Male Genital Accessory Glands of Dermacentor variabilis (Say and Argas radiatus (Railliet)" (1974). Legacy ETDs. 821.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd_legacy/821
