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Blockage of ovulation and insemination in the tsetse Glossina morsitans morsitans with reserpine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2017

M. Samaranayaka-Ramasamy  and
D. L. Denlinger
M. Samaranayaka-Ramasamy
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
D. L. Denlinger
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract

Reserpine (a pharmacological agent of plant origin) injected into females of Glossina morsitans morsitans was highly effective in preventing ovulation when injected 1–2 days before the egg is normally ovulated. In contrast, reserpine was only modestly effective in blocking parturition, thus suggesting that these two closely related temporal events may be independently regulated. Males injected with reserpine frequently initiated copulation, but sperm and accessory reproductive gland secretions were never transferred to the female. Reserpine, which presumably acts by depleting stores of amines in the nervous system, may have considerable utility in probing the neuroendocrine regulation of tsetse reproduction.

Keywords

TsetseGlossinaovulationparturitioninseminationreserpine
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Research Articles
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , April 1985 , pp. 159 - 161
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Copyright © ICIPE 1985

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