Specificity of ovulation hormones of some basommatophoran species studied by means of iso- and heterospecific injections.
Isospecific injections of intercerebral commissure (COM) extracts of L. stagnalis, L. palustris, and L. ovata (Lymnaeidae) and of extracts of COM/mediodorsal bodies complexes (COM/DB) of Bulinus truncatus (Bulinidae) and Biomphalaria glabrata (Planorbidae) induced oviposition in a high percentage of the experimental snails. Positive results of heterospecific injections between the first three species indicated a likely structural similarity of the ovulation hormones within the genus Lymnaea. The hormones of Lymnaea, Bulinus, and Biomphalaria, however, appeared to be different (negative results of heterogeneric injections).
D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000502:physiology; D002033:Bulinus / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007447:Invertebrate Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000502:physiology; D010058:Oviposition; D010060:Ovulation; D012908:Snails / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
D007447:Invertebrate Hormones