四眼斑水龟雌性生殖器官组织结构的季节变化

应用石蜡常规切片,HE染色,分别在3月（春季）、8月（夏季）、10月（秋季）、1月（冬季）,对24只四眼斑水龟雌性生殖器官组织结构变化进行研究,结果表明：四眼斑水龟雌性生殖器官的形态和结构存在季节性的变化,8月卵泡开始发育,卵巢增重,子宫腺增多;10月卵巢增重达最大,卵泡发育成熟开始排卵,随后形成黄体,进入排卵期。翌年的1～3月卵巢重量减轻,输卵管管腔增大,腺体增多,子宫肌层不断增厚,进入产卵期。     

Fertility in the male gorilla (Gorilla gorilla): Relationship to semen parameters and serum hormones

Circulating levels of steroid and protein hormones were measured in 17 adult male lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla). The population included both fertile and infertile males as identified by previous siring of offspring and presence or absence of spermatozoa in the ejaculate obtained by rectal probe electrostimulation. Correlations were sought between levels of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, androstenedione, estrone, estradiol, progesterone, 170H-progesterone, dihydroepiandrosterone, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and potential fertility status. The results identify normal circulating levels of these hormones, and indicate that aspermatogenesis and infertility are not necessarily associated with any alteration in levels of gonadal steroids. There is an association of aspermatogenesis with elevation of FSH. Levels of adrenal androgens are more similar to other non-human primates than to the human, which is of interest because in other aspects of reproductive physiology so far investigated the gorilla has proved to resemble the human more closely than it does the other nonhuman primates.     

四眼斑龟的血细胞形态及血液检验分析

研究了四眼斑龟(Sacaliaquadriocellata)的血细胞形态学特征,对不同季节四眼斑龟血细胞数量和形态大小进行分析,结果表明,在繁殖期红细胞数为(4650±564)×1010L,是非繁殖期(2324±216)×1010L的两倍(P<001,n=8);白细胞数为(243±036)×1010L,与非繁殖期的没有显著差异。血细胞形态随季节而变化,温度升高,血细胞体积增大,且凝血时间缩短。     

四眼斑水龟卵泡和卵的超声波扫描研究

使用超声波技术检测了6只雌性四眼斑水龟的卵黄卵泡(包括生长卵泡和排卵前卵泡)、闭锁卵泡和输卵管卵的大小和数量.结果 表明:四眼斑水龟卵巢卵黄卵泡数目和大小呈明显的周期性变化,检测到的卵黄卵泡长径范围为4～24 mm(n=186).8月份卵泡数目开始增多,卵泡长径逐渐增大,至12月份排卵前期卵泡数量达最大值,卵巢发育成熟.排卵前期卵泡长径范围为19～24 mm(n=56),最大排卵前期卵泡出现于12月.排卵时间是1月至3月.闭锁卵泡长径范围在10～20 mm(n=14)之间,仅在10月至次年3月能检测到少数的闭锁卵泡.     

四眼斑水龟个体大小和体形的两性异形

研究龟鳖的两性异形对理解形态适应具有重要意义。通过测量41只(21♀,20♂)成体四眼斑水龟(Sacalia quadriocellata)的20个形态特征指标,研究四眼斑水龟个体大小和体形的两性异形。结果表明:除头长、头宽、尾长和尾长肛前段长外,四眼斑水龟其他的形态特征均与背甲长呈正相关。雌性的背甲长、腹甲长、腹甲中线长、腹甲曲线长显著大于雄性;雄性的头长、头宽、后肢长、尾长和尾长肛前段长显著大于雌性;雌雄两性的体重、体周长、前肢长、腹甲宽、肛盾切口长、肛盾切口宽以及除背甲长外的所有背甲形态特征指标均无显著差异。研究结果表明,四眼斑水龟存在个体大小和体形两性异形。     

四眼斑水龟低温胁迫条件下体重与形态特征的初步研究

在海南的正常温度下,四眼斑水龟(Sacalia quadriocellata)在人工饲养环境中无冬眠现象,也未观察到繁殖行为。为研究冬眠对四眼斑水龟繁殖的影响,于2004年12月~2005年2月对其进行低温胁迫实验。选取29只成体四眼斑水龟分成2组,实验组9♀5♂共14只进行低温处理,在8·46±1·61℃干燥环境中保持32天;对照组10♀5♂共15只在正常条件下饲养。结果表明:低温胁迫后,实验组平均体重减小8·68±2·45%,雌雄差异不显著;雄性个体背甲宽从8·55±0·26cm减小到8·46±0·22cm,差异显著(P<0·05);雌性个体背甲长从12·97±0·80cm减小到12·94±0·81cm,差异显著(P<0·05);雌雄四眼斑水龟甲壳表面积相对低温胁迫前均减小;对照组龟养殖于常温下,甲壳无显著变化,两组龟体重变化量差异极显著(P<0·01)。影响失重率主要因素是胁迫时间,环境温度对失重呈显著线性正相关(r=0·811,P<0·05);形态特征的变化可能与繁殖机制、代谢有关。     

海南岛黎母山四眼斑水龟种群密度与空间分布格局

2004年3～7月,采用系统抽样法在海南岛黎母山对四眼斑水龟（Sacalia quadriocellata）种群密度与空间分布进行了调查,采用Cassie指数、David＆Moore指数、Morisita指数和Lloyd指数测定了四眼斑水龟种群空间分布格局。结果表明,（1）四眼斑水龟种群分布于海拔170～470m范围内,在垂直梯度上呈现不连续的分布状态;（2）在海拔170～470m范围内种群相对密度为0．011～0．050只／笼捕日;（3）种群空间分布呈现聚集分布格局;（4）资源的空间分布特点和人为干扰可能对四眼斑水龟种群密度及空间分布格局有重要影响。     

海南岛黎母山四眼斑水龟对春季生境的选择性

2004年3—4月,在海南岛黎母山采用系统抽样法对四眼斑水龟春季生境选择进行了初步研究。在海拔170～1170m设196个研究样点,共1392个笼捕日。其中在海拔170～470m的26个布笼点共捕获四眼斑水龟36只,而在海拔470～1170m未捕获到四眼斑水龟。采用Kruskal Wallis检验,对海拔500m以下四眼斑水龟利用样地(n=26)和海拔500m以上的对照样地(n=26)的生态因子差异显著性进行检验。结果表明,两类样地的海拔、植被类型、植被盖度、落叶厚度、土壤类型、坡度、水面宽、水深、水面流速、基底类型、露石率、食物丰度、干扰距离13个生态因子差异均显著,仅石洞数目差异不显著。说明海拔500m以上和以下的环境差异较大。主成分分析结果表明,影响四眼斑水龟生境选择的主要生态因子依次为海拔、干扰距离、植被盖度、土壤类型、水深和落叶厚度。而植被类型、食物丰度、露石率、基底、石洞数目、坡度、水面宽和水面流速8个生态因子的影响不明显。保护好近河岸植被和提高当地群众对龟类的保护意识对四眼斑水龟的保护十分重要。     

Hormonal dissociation of ovulation and maturation of oocytes: Ovulation of immature amphibian oocytes by prostaglandin

Prostaglandin involvement in ovulation and maturation of amphibian (Rana pipiens) ovarian follicular oocytes was investigated using in vitro-cultured ovarian follicles. Exposure of follicles to PGF₂α during culture stimulated variable but generally low levels of ovulation without concomitant induction of maturation. Addition of PGF₂α to cultured follicles markedly enhanced the incidence of ovulation in follicles exposed to progesterone or frog pituitary homogenate (FPH). Onset of the ovulatory process was further accelerated following addition of PGF₂α to FPH-treated follicles. PGE, in contrast to PGF₂α, exhibited no stimulatory effects on ovulation and consistently inhibited ovulation induction by FPH and progesterone. Cytological analysis of follicles undergoing ovulation revealed that ovulation of immature oocytes induced by PGF₂α varied markedly from that seen following FPH or progesterone stimulation of follicles in vivo or in vitro. Immature oocytes in contrast to maturing oocytes were typically ovlulated with follicle cells still attached to the vitelline membrane. The observations indicate that PGF₂α effected follicle rupture and contraction of the follicular epithelium and theca without prior separation of the follicle cells from the oocyte. Selective inhibitors of steroid synthesis (cyanoketone) and protein synthesis (cycloheximide) inhibited FPH-induced ovulation and maturation. PGF₂α reversed the inhibitory effects of cyanoketone and cycloheximide on FPH-induced ovulation but not maturation of oocytes. Neither prostaglandins alone or in combination with progesterone or FPH induced ovulation of oocytes following removal of the follicular epithelium. Ovulatory effects of PGF₂α appear to be mediated through the follicular epithelium. Results indicate that ovulation and maturation of amphibian oocytes can be induced independently of each other by separate classes of hormones. Normal synchronization of ovulation and maturation of oocytes may require the combined action of prostaglandins and steroids acting within different follicular compartments.