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Reproductive Anatomy: Chondrichthyans
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
11/10/2009

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Gonad Organization
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Testes and ovaries paired; asymmetric- right bigger than left
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Male reproduction
Definition
sperm shed into duct shared w/ kidney -> leydigs gland makes seminal fluid -> pass out of body with claspers
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Female reproduction
Definition
eggs shed into coelom -> into funnel at head of oviduct -> fertilization, shell added to egg -> retention of young in uterus, or egg laying
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Reproductive Morphology: male
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testes -> leydigs gland -> seminal vesicle -> cloaca -> claspers
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Reproductive Morphology: female
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ovary -> ostium tubae -> oviduct -> shell gland -> [uterus] -> cloaca
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