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accessory gland

[ak′ses·ə·rē ‚gland]

(anatomy)

A mass of glandular tissue separate from the main body of a gland.

(invertebrate zoology)

A gland associated with the male reproductive organs in insects.

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We do not know the location and mechanism as accessory glands are not present.

From storage to delivery: sperm volume and number of spermatozoa inside storage organs and ejaculates in males of Timogenes elegans (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae)

Effects of mating and accessory gland injections on olfactory-mediated behavior in the female Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata.

Timing of irradiation and male mating history effects on female re mating in Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Sites of formation of fructose, citric acid and sialic acid in the accessory glands of the giant fruit bat, Pteropus giganteus giganteus (Brunnich).

Ultrastructure of the Secretory Epithelial Cells of the Bulbourethral Glands (Cowper's gland) in the Indian Fruit Bat, Rousettus leschenaulti (Desmarest) During the Reproductive Cycle/Ultraestructura de las Celulas Epiteliales Secretoras de las Glandulas Bulbouretrales (glandula de Cowper) en el Murcielago de la India, Rousettus leschenaulti (Desmarest) Durante el Ciclo Reproductivo

La Vignera, "Male accessory gland infections: anatomical extension of inflammation and severity of symptoms evaluated by an original questionnaire," Andrologia, vol.

Chronic Administration of Tadalafil Improves the Symptoms of Patients with Amicrobic MAGI: An Open Study

Tokens of love: Functions and regulation of Drosophila male accessory gland products.

Effect of Different Nest Box Materials on the Mating of European Bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae) under Controlled Environmental Conditions

Ultrastructure of adult male accessory gland. Male accessory glands isolated from freshly eclosed adult flies in control and treated groups were fixed in a solution of 2% glutaraldehyde and 4% paraformaldehyde in 0.1 M cacodylate buffer (pH 7.2), postfixed in 2% osmium tetroxide, dehydrated, and embedded in Araldite 502 (Ted Pella, Inc., Redding, CA, USA).

Hazardous effects of effluent from the chrome plating industry: 70 kDa heat shock protein expression as a marker of cellular damage in transgenic Drosophila melanogaster (hsp70-lacZ)

(1995) further determined that the mating cost of reproduction was influenced by receipt of male accessory gland fluid.

Fitness costs of female reproduction

The distal end of the foot consisted mainly of the phenol gland, but included a small fraction of the accessory gland, because there is a hairpin turn of the accessory gland interdigitated with the underlying phenol gland (Waite, 1992).

Expression sites of two byssal protein genes of Mytilus galloprovincialis

Evidence of adaptive evolution of accessory gland proteins in closely related species of the Drosophila repleta group.

Comparative transcriptome analysis of three Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) organs to identify functional genes in the male accessory glands and ejaculatory duct

Dysdercus evanescens Distant is placed in Paradysdercus Stehlik on the basis of second conjunctival appendages of aedeagus simple, spermathecal duct relatively only a little or uncoiled and accessory gland re-curved.

Dysdercus evanescens Distant. (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) and its Phylogenetic Relationships

Exposure to TCDD during development permanently alters reproductive function in male Long Evans rats and hamsters: reduced ejaculated and epididymal sperm numbers and sex accessory gland weights in offspring with normal androgenic status.

Green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a marker of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) function in developing zebrafish (danio rerio). (Articles)