Lei Zhu1 Yiwei Luo2 Xiuying Zhang2 and JianLin Wang2
1Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau Institute of Biodiversity, QuJing Normal University, QuJing, Yunnan, 655011, P.R. China
2Institute of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P.R. China
ABSTRACT
The luminal surface of epithelial cells in various regions of oviducts of the bactrian camel at the follicular phase and postovulatory phases of the oestrous cycle were examined by scanning electron microscopy. Cyclic changes appeared to most significant in the fimbriae, less apparent in the ampulla and ampullar-isthmic junction, and hardly visible in the isthmus. Significant changes were not observed in the height of cilia between follicular and postovulatory phase. Some cilia still existed in the epithelium at the postovulatory phase, the apices surfaces of the nonciliated cells were extremely variable, and had a few microvilli.
Key words: Bactrian camel, cyclic changes, deciliation, epithelial cells, scanning electron microscopy
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