Comparative analysis of the male reproductive accessory glands of bat species from the five Brazilian subfamilies of the family Phyllostomidae (Chiroptera)
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2015-04-01
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Martins, Fabiane F. [UNESP]
Puga, Cintia C. I. [UNESP]
Beguelini, Mateus R. [UNESP]
Morielle-Versute, Eliana [UNESP]
Vilamaior, Patricia S. L. [UNESP]
Taboga, Sebastiao Roberto [UNESP]
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Wiley-Blackwell
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This study aimed to morphologically characterize and compare the male reproductive accessory glands (RAGs) of bats belonging to the five Brazilian subfamilies of the family Phyllostomidae (Carollia perspicillata—Carollinae; Desmodus rotundus—Desmodontinae; Glossophaga soricina—Glossophaginae; Phyllostomus discolor—Phyllostominae and Platyrrhinus lineatus—Stenodermatinae). The study demonstrated that the RAGs of phyllostomid bats were comprised of a pair of extra-abdominal bulbourethral glands and an intra-abdominal complex, composed of paraurethral glands and a prostate with two (Desmodontinae and Stenodermatinae) or three (Carollinae, Glossophaginae and Phyllostominae) different regions, with the absence of the seminal vesicles; this pattern possibly evolved from a process of compaction of the prostatic regions from an ancestor with three regions.
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Prostate, Evolution, Bulbourethral gland, Paraurethral gland
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Journal Of Morphology. Hoboken: Wiley-blackwell, v. 276, n. 4, p. 470-480, 2015.