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| Rêgo,Mariana G.; Hazin,Fábio H. V.; Evêncio Neto,Joaquim; Oliveira,P. G. V.; Soares,Maria Goretti; Torres,Keilla Regina L. S.; Lana,Fernanda O.; Roque,Pollyana C. G.; Santos,Natália L.; Coelho,Rui. |
| This work aims to study the female reproductive tract of silky sharks, Carcharhinus falciformis, captured in the South and Equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Samples were collected between January 2008 and March 2010 through oceanic commercial vessels that targeted tuna and swordfish, with a total of 17 females collected. The methodologies followed for analyzing the ovaries of those females included both macroscopic and histological analysis. Macroscopically, it was possible to determine that the ovaries on these sharks is suspended by mesenteries in the anterior section of the body cavity, heavily irrigated by blood vessels, and contains a wide range of oocytes. Ovaries were found in three distinct maturational stages: Stage I (Immature), Stage II (Maturing) and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Elasmobranchs; Histology; Maturity; Ovary; Reproduction. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000400815 |
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