Ovotestis

An ovotestis is a gonad with both testicular and ovarian aspects.[1][2] In humans, ovotestes are an anatomical abnormality associated with gonadal dysgenesis.[3] In invertebrates that are normally hermaphroditic, such as most gastropods (snails and slugs) in the clade Eupulmonata, an ovotestis is a common feature of the reproductive anatomy.

In gastropods

The ovotestis of the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata. The area around the ovotestis is the hepatopancreas. (10× magnification)

An ovotestis or hermaphroditic gland (in Latin language: glandula hermaphroditica),[4] is found as normal anatomical feature in the reproductive system of some gastropods including such species as the land snail Helix aspersa.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "eMedicine - Ovotestis : Article by Gail F Whitman-Elia, MD". Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  2. ↑ "ovo-testes (formerly called "true hermaphroditism")". Intersex Society of North America. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  3. ↑ Salas-Cortés L, Jaubert F, Nihoul-Feketé C, Brauner R, Rosemblatt M, Fellous M (2000). "SRY protein is expressed in ovotestis and streak gonads from human sex-reversal". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 91 (1–4): 212–6. doi:10.1159/000056847. PMID 11173859.
  4. ↑ (Hungarian) Páll-Gergely B. (2008). "A Stylommatophora csigák ivarszervrendszerének magyar nyelvű nevezéktana". Malacological Newsletter 26: 37-42. PDF.
  5. ↑ Chase R, Antkowiak T, Geoffroy E, Weatherill D (2004). "Why the ovotestis of Helix aspersa is innervated". Acta. Biol. Hung. 55 (1–4): 239–49. doi:10.1556/ABiol.55.2004.1-4.29. PMID 15270240.