Morphology of the female reproductive system of estuarine dolphin (Sotalia guianensis, VAN BÉNÉDEN 1864)

• Grant number: 12/20437-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2012
• End date: November 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Maria Angelica Miglino
• Grantee: Estella Zago Becegato
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The reproductive physiology of marine mammals, especially cetaceans, is poorly studied and published papers on the species are rare, despite a large number of stranding. Given this fact, this work will aid important information regarding the description of the microscopic anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs of cetaceans stranded in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. This paper aims to describe the histological features of the female reproductive cetacean species Sotalia guianensis through light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy analysis. Specimens of different age classes (puppy, young adult) will be analyzed, deriving from stranding events on the beach in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin area. The tissue fragments collected will be processed according to light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy techniques.(AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BECEGATO, ESTELLA Z.; ANDRADE, JANAINA P.; GUIMARAES, JULIANA P.; VERGARA-PARENTE, JOCIERY E.; MIGLINO, MARIA ANGELICA; DE OLIVEIRA E SILVA, FERNANDA M.. Reproductive morphology of female Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 87, n. 3, p. 1727-1736, SEP 2015. (12/20437-1)