In vitro maintenance and sperm development in the testis of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus)

Alastair Dempster Department of Entomology, Macdonald College of McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, H9X 1C0

J. E. McFarlane Department of Entomology, Macdonald College of McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, H9X 1C0

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Whole testes of Acheta domesticus were maintained in vitro for up to 48 h. Development of sperm could not be induced in the penultimate stage testis irrespective of hormone influence. A partial stimulation of spermatogenesis in the ultimate stage testis was achieved using 10⁻⁶ M 20-hydroxyecdysone but completion of spermiogenesis was not seen.

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