Abstract
The amphibian species which will be dealt with, namely Rana temporaria and Rana esculenta, belong to the anuran family of the Ranidae. The morphology of the subcommissural organ (SCO) in these species is essentially alike, except for the position of the secretory material within the ependymal SCO cells. In the SCO of Rana esculenta, most secretory material is situated apically and perinuclearly, whereas in the SCO of Rana temporaria, most secretory material lies subnuclearly, in the basal parts of the cells (Oksche 1962; Diederen 1970, 1973). In both species, a well-developed Reissner’s fiber (RF) originates from the SCO. The secretory substance produced by the frog SCO is a glycoprotein (Diederen 1970; Diederen et al. 1987), immunologically related to that of mammals; it is immunoreactive with an antiserum against bovine RF (Sterba et al. 1982; Vullings and Diederen 1983).
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Diederen, J.H.B., Vullings, H.G.B. (1993). Dynamic Aspects of the Secretory Process in the Amphibian Subcommissural Organ. In: Oksche, A., RodrÃguez, E.M., Fernández-Llebrez, P. (eds) The Subcommissural Organ. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78013-4_13
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