The reproductive cycle in male bats of the species Myotis lucifugus lucifugus and Myotis grisescens
The reproductive cycle in male bats of the species Myotis lucifugus lucifugus and Myotis grisescens
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荧光鼠耳蝠和灰鼠耳蝠种雄性蝙蝠的生殖周期
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1939
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R. Miller
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作者:
R. Miller
It is kno~vn that several species of h t s , iilclncling l lyotis Iiicifiigus lncifugus and Myotis grisesceiis, have a period of fall coynilation. The females of sucli species arc found to contain spcrniatozoa in their i q r o d n c t i w tracts througl~ont tlie entire pei*iod of hibcrnntion aiid during tlic spring months. It is also kiiox-ii that the rcywoductive system, except the testes, of males of the species thus f w iiivestigatcd is niaintained in a functional condition tlii+oiighout the winter and spring. The question lias arisen as to wliether the spermatozoa dcposited during tlic fall copulation tire rcsponsiblc f o r actiratiori of tlie ovum which is liberated in the spring, or whether speixiatozoa from late winter and spi*iiig copalatioiis take p,ai*t iu fertilization. With this question in miiid the following investigation w a s miclc~i*talien to detci*mine the condition of tllc reproductive s p t e m of males of 11. l i ic i fups lucifngus aiid 11. grisescens at the vili~ious seasons of the Fear and to obtain information relating the condition of the male reproductive system to the periods of (~opulation a s indicated by previous studies on the female hats of these species.