[The effect of brain removal and ovariectomy on the development of clitellian glands of Piscicola geometra L. (Annelida, Hirudinea, Rhynchobdella)].
In Piscicola geometra maintenance of clitellar glands secretory activity is not connected with the cerebral neurosecretion. On the other hand their evolution is not under the influence of the ovaries; ovariectomized leeches copulate and lay cocoons.
D000818:Animals; D000845:Annelida / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D002369:Castration; D003655:Decerebrate State; D005260:Female; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000502:physiology
Influence de la décérébration et de l'ovariectomie sur l'évolution des glandes clitelliennes de Piscicola geometra L. (Annélide Hirudinée Rhynchobdelle)