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Reproductive Biology of the Female Manila Clam, Ruditapes philippinarum (Bivalvia: Veneridae) on the West Coast of Korea

  • 정의영;허영백;신문섭;김용민
    • 한국패류학회지
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    • 제21권1호
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2005
  • Reproductive cycle, first sexual maturity, spawning amount related with the size and spawning interval in female Ruditapes philippinarum were investigated by histological observation and the analysis of morphometric data during artificial spawning induction. Ruditapes philippinarum is dioecious and oviparous. The reproductive cycle of this species can be subdivided into five successive stages: early active stage (January to March), late active stage (February to May), ripe stage (April to August), partially spawned stage (May to October), and spent/inactive stage (August to February). The spawning period was once a year between May and early October, and the main spawning occurred between July and August when seawater temperature was approximately $20^{\circ}C$. Percentages of first sexual maturity of female clam of 15.1-20.0 mm in shell length were 56.3%, and 100% for the clams > 25.1 mm. The mean number of the spawned eggs increased with the increase of size classes (shell length). In case of spawning induction by the same size class, the number of spawned eggs were gradually decreased with the increase of spawning frequencies (the first, second, and third spawnings). In the experiments of artificial spawning induction during the spawning season, the interval of each spawning was estimated to be 15-17 days (average 16.5 days).

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Molecular Genetics of Emericella nidulans Sexual Development

  • Han, Kap-Hoon
    • Mycobiology
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    • 제37권3호
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    • pp.171-182
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    • 2009
  • Many aspergilli that belongs to ascomycetes have sexuality. In a homothallic or self-fertile fungus, a number of fruiting bodies or cleistothecia are formed in a thallus grown from a single haploid conidia or ascospores. Genome-sequencing project revealed that two mating genes (MAT) encoding the regulatory proteins that are necessary for controlling partner recognition in heterothallic fungi were conserved in most aspergilli. The MAT gene products in some self-fertile species were not required for recognition of mating partner at pheromone-signaling stage but required at later stages of sexual development. Various environmental factors such as nutritional status, culture conditions and several stresses, influence the decision or progression of sexual reproduction. A large number of genes are expected to be involved in sexual development of Emericella nidulans (anamorph: Aspergillus nidulans), a genetic and biological model organism in aspergilli. The sexual development process can be grouped into several development stages, including the decision of sexual reproductive cycle, mating process, growth of fruiting body, karyogamy followed by meiosis, and sporulation process. Complicated regulatory networks, such as signal transduction pathways and gene expression controls, may work in each stage and stage-to-stage linkages. In this review, the components joining in the regulatory pathways of sexual development, although they constitute only a small part of the whole regulatory networks, are briefly mentioned. Some of them control sexual development positively and some do negatively. Regarding the difficulties for studying sexual differentiation compare to asexual one, recent progresses in molecular genetics of E. nidulans enlarge the boundaries of understanding sexual development in the non-fertile species as well as in fertile fungi.

Sexual reproduction of the soft coral $Dendronephthya$ $castanea$ (Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae)

  • Hwang, Sung-Jin;Song, Jun-Im
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제16권2호
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    • pp.135-144
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    • 2012
  • $Dendronephthya$ $castanea$ Utinomi, 1952 is a member of the family Nephtheidae, and dominates shallow waters adjacent to the southern part of Jejudo Island, Korea. This species is a gonochoric internal brooder with a sex ratio of 1:1, and releases planulae around the time of the full and new moon from July to September, when the seawater temperature peaks. The gametogenic cycle is annual, and oogenesis (12 months) is longer than spermatogenesis (4-5 months). No difference in reproductive features including sexuality, sex ratio, gametogenesis and gametogenic cycles was found between the sympatric species $D.$ $castanea$ and $D.$ $gigantea$, and there was no temporal reproductive isolation. Investigation of the morphological taxonomy and molecular biology of these species indicates that they have very similar or identical traits, suggesting an absence of speciation and a need for taxonomic reclassification.

형산강하구에 서식하는 참재첩 (Corbicula leana (Prime))의 생식주기 (Reproductive Cycle of Marsh Clam, Corbicula leana (Prime) in Hyongsan Estuary)

  • 김진희;유명숙
    • 한국수산과학회지
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    • 제33권3호
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    • pp.184-191
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    • 2000
  • 포항 형산강 하구에 서식하는 참재첩, Corbicula leana을 대상으로 생식세포 형성과정 및 생식주기를 조직학적으로 조사하였다. 참재첩은 자웅이체로서 난생이며, 생식소는 완숙하면 암컷은 흑갈색, 수컷은 유백색을 띤다. 생식소관은 내장낭의 간중장선 하방으로 부터 근충의 외벽근층내에 있는 섬유성 망상결체조직까지 분포되어 있다. 난소는 수지상으로 연결된 난소소관으로 구성되어 있고, 정소 역시 많은 소관상의 정소소관으로 구성되어 있는데 이들 소관의 내강상피가 생식상피 기능을 하고 있다. 성숙난모세포는 배포의 변화로 알 수 있으며, 그 크기는 $70{\~}80{mu}m$ 정도이다. 난소 및 정소의 초기 발달에는 간충조직과 색소과립세포들이 영양세포로 관여하고 있으며 난소와 정소가 발달하면서 점차적으로 사라진다. 생식소 발달은 수온과 밀접한 연관성이 있고, 비만도의 변화도 주기성이 일치하였다. 생식주기는 분열증식기, 성장기, 성숙기, 방출기, 퇴화기 그리고 회복기 둥의 연속적인 주기로 구분할 수가 있다. 산란기는 6월 하순부터 9월 중순까지이고, 산란성기는 7월과 8월이었으며 생물학적 최소형은 10.0 mm 이상으로 조사되었다.

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남해안에 서식하는 멸치(Engraulis japonicus)의 산란 특성 (Reproductive Characteristics of Pacific Anchovy Engraulis japonicus from the Southern Waters of Korea)

  • 문성용;백근욱;이미희;김희용;정경미
    • 한국수산과학회지
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    • 제55권6호
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    • pp.927-937
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    • 2022
  • The reproductive characteristics of Pacific anchovy, Engraulis japonicus were investigated using samples randomly collected from the southern waters of Korea between January and December 2021. We analyzed monthly changes in maturity stages, gonadosomatic index (GSI), egg diameter, fecundity, and fork length (FL) at sexual groups maturity of 50%, 75% and 97.5%, and sex ratio (female:male). GSI value showed two peaks in May and August; however, microscopic analysis of E. japonicus gonad tissue revealed that the spawning period was from March to October. The main spawning seasons for the entire populations were from April to June and August to September. The overall sex ratio was female-biased (1 females, 0.89 male). The fecundity (F) of female anchovies ranged from 429 eggs at an FL of 8.0 cm to 13,824 eggs at an FL of 14.9 cm and the relationship between FL and F was 0.0788FL4.422. The FL at 50% group maturity was 8.26 cm for female anchovies. Based on the results, we suggest that the reproductive cycle in Pacific anchovies may be related to pulses in water temperature and the sexual cycle of the fish.

Ultrastructural Study of Germ Cells and Reproductive Cycle in Female Neptunea arthritica cumingii

  • Han, Ji-Soo;Chung, Ee-Yung;Park, Gab-Man
    • 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국발생생물학회 2005년도 제20차 학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.52-52
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    • 2005
  • Oogenesis, the gonadosomatic index (GSI), reproductive cycle and first sexual maturation of the female Neptunea (Barbitonia) arthritica cumingii have been investigated by light and electron microscope observations. In the early vitellogenic oocyte, the Golgi complex and mitochondria were involved in the formation of glycogen, lipid droplets and yolk granules. In late vitellogenic oocytes, the rough endoplasmic reticulum and multivesicular bodies were involved in the formation of proteid yolk granules in the cytoplasm. In particular, compared with the results of other gastropods, it is a different result that appearances of cortical granules at the cortical layer and microvilli on the vitelline envelope, which is associated with heterosynthetic vitellogenesis, were not observed in vitellogenic oocytes during oogenesis. A mature yolk granule was composed of three components: main body (central core), superficial layer, and the limiting menbrane, Monthly changes in the gonadosomatic index in females were studied in 2002 and 2003 were closely associated with ovarian developmental phases. Spawning occurred between May and August in 2002 and 2003 and the main spawning occurred between June and July when the seawater temperature rose to approximately 18${\sim}$23${\circ}$C. The female reproductive cycle can be classified into five successive stages: early activestage (Septmber to October), late active stage ( November to February), ripe stage (February to June), partially spawned stage (May to Aygust), and recovery stage (June to August).

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Oogenesis and Reproductive Cycle in Ruditapes philippinarum on the West Coast of Korea

  • Son, Pal-Won;Kim, Eun-Jong
    • 한국패류학회지
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.51-61
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    • 2006
  • Oogenesis and the reproductive cycle in female Ruditapes philippinarum were investigated by cytological and histological observations. R. philippinarum is dioecious and oviparous. During vitellogenesis, the Golgi complex, glycogen particles and mitochondria were involved in the formation of lipid droplets and lipid granules in the cytoplasm of the early vitellogenic oocyte. In the late vitellogenic oocyte, cortical granules, the endoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondria were involved in the formation of proteid yolk granules in the cytoplasm. At this time, exogenous lipid granular substance and glycogen particles in the germinal epithelium passed into the oocyte through the microvilli of the vitelline envelope. The spawning period was once a year between early June and early October, and the main spawning occurred between July and August when seawater temperature was approximately $20^{\circ}C$. The reproductive cycle of this species can be categorized into five successive stages: early active stage (January to March), late active stage (February to May), ripe stage (April to August), partially spawned stage (May to October), and spent/inactive stage (August to February). Percentages of female clams at frst sexual maturity of 15.1-20.0 mm in shell length were 52.6% (50% of the rate of group maturity was 17.83 mm in length), and 100% for the clams > 25.1 mm.

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한국 서해산 암컷 갈색띠매물고둥, Neptunea (Barbitonia) arthritica cumingii의 난자형성과정 중 난황 형성의 미세구조적 연구 및 성 성숙 (Ultrastructural Study of Vitellogenesis during Oogenesis and Sexual Maturation of the Female Neptunea (Barbitonia) arthritica cumingii on the West Coast of Korea)

  • 정의영
    • 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.23-31
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    • 2005
  • 갈색띠매물고둥, Neptunea (Barbitonia) arthritica cumingii의 난자 형성과정 중 난황 형성, 생식주기 및 군성숙도를 광학 및 전자현미경적 관찰에 의해서 조사하였다. 초기 난황 형성 단계의 난모세포에서 골지복합체와 미토콘드리아가 지방적 및 난황 과립의 형성에 관여되었다. 후기 난황 형성 단계의 난모세포에서는 조면소포체와 다포체가 세포질 내에서 단백질성 난황 과립 형성에 관여되었다. 성숙 단계 난모세포에서 성숙 난황 과립은 주소체(중앙중심), 표면층, 그리고 이들을 둘러싼 한계막의 3가지로 구성되어 있다. 산란기는 5월과 8월 사이이고, 주 산란은 수온이 대략 $18{\sim}23^{\circ}C$로 상승하는 6월과 7월 사이에 일어나고 있다. 암컷의 생식주기는 초기 활성기($9{\sim}10$월), 후기 활성기($9{\sim}2$월), 완숙기($2{\sim}6$월), 부분 산란기($5{\sim}8$월), 회복기($6{\sim}8$월)의 연속적인 5단계로 구분할 수 있다. 군성숙도는 각고 $51.0{\sim}60.9mm$에서 53.1%이었고 각고 61.0mm 이상에서는 100%를 나타내었다.

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살조개, Protothaca jedoensis의 성성숙과 성비 (Sexual Maturation and the Sex Ratio of the Jedo Venus, Protothaca jedoensis (Bivalvia: Veneridae))

  • 김지현;정의영;김용호
    • 한국패류학회지
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2003
  • 1999년 1월부터 12월까지 한국 보령 연안에 서식하는 살조개 ( Protothaca jedoensis) 를 대상으로 생식소지수, 생식소 성숙 및 산란에 따른 생식주기, 산란기, 군성숙도, 그리고 성비 등 생식생태를 조사하였다. 생식소는 내장낭의 간중장선 외측을 둘러싸고 있는 외벽 근섬유막으로부터 족부의 외벽근 섬유막 사이에 있는 망상결체 조직층 사이에 다수의 소낭 또는 세관으로 분포하였다 . 난소는 수많은 난소소낭으로, 정소는 다수의 정소세관들로 구성되어 있다. 암수의 생식소지수 (GI)의 월별 변화는 2월부터 점진적으로 증가하기 시작하여, 5월에 최대에 이른 후 6월부터 급격히 감소하여 11월에 최소에 이르고 있어 생식주기의 변화와 유사하였다. 본 종의 산란기는 1년에 1회로 5-7월사이에 일어나며, 산란성기는 해수 수온이 20$^{\circ}C$이상인 6월과 7월사이 이었다. 살조개 암수의 생식주기는 초기활성기 (12-3월), 후기활성기 (2-5월), 완숙기 (4-7월), 부분산란기 (5-8월), 퇴화 및 비활성기 (7-1월) 의 연속적인 5단계로 구분할 수 있었다. 암수 개체의 군성숙도(%) 는 각장 30.1-35.0 mm 인 경우 군성숙도 (%) 는 각각 52.6%와 60.0%이었고, 각장 45.1 mm 이상인 암 ,수 개체들의 성비는 1:1로 유의한 차를 보이지 않았다(X$^2$ = 0.40, p > 0.05).

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서해산 쥐노래미, Hexagrammos otakii의 성성숙과 산란 특성 (Sexual Maturation and Spawning Characteristics in Greenling, Hexagrammos otakii of the West Coast in Korea)

  • 강희웅;정의영;김종화
    • 한국양식학회지
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.30-38
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    • 2004
  • 본 연구는 2000년 1월부터 2001년 12월까지 쥐노래미, Hexagrammos otakit를 대상으로 산란시기를 간접적으로 추정하기 위하여 생식소중량지수(GSI)의 연간변화를 조사하였다. 또한 2000년 1월부터 12월까지 포란수, 산란횟수, 난경조성을 육안적 관찰로 연구하였다. 배우자 형성과정 중 생식세포 분화, 생식소발달 단계에 따른 생식주기, 군성숙도에 관해서 광학현피경으로 연구하였다. GSI의 연간변화는 암컷과 수컷에서 8월에 증가되기 시작하여 저수온기인 10∼11월에 최대값을 나타냈다. 생식연주기는 암컷에서 초기성장기(7월), 후기성장기(7∼8월), 성숙기 (9∼10월), 완숙 및 산란기 (9∼12월), 회복 및 휴지기(12월∼6월)로 구분되었고, 수컷에서는 성장기(6∼8월), 성숙기(8∼10월), 완숙 및 방정기(9∼12월), 회복 및 휴지기(12월∼5월)의 연속적인 단계로 구분할 수 있었다. 성숙 및 산란기인 9∼12월 사이의 난소내 난경조성의 조사 결과, 쥐노래미는 2∼3회 이상 산란하는 다회 산란어종으로 확인되었다. 번식력을 측정하는 총포란수와 성숙란수는 체장이 커질수록 포란수도 많아지고, 체중에도 비례하여 증가하였다. 단위 체장당 총포란수와 성숙란수는 체장의 증가에 따라 증가하였으나, 단위 체중당 포란수는 체중증가에 따라 감소하였다. 군성숙도 조사에서 50%이상 산란에 참여하는 개체는 암$.$수의 체장 19.1∼21.0cm 이었으며, 25.1cm 이상에서 전 개체가 산란에 참여하였으며, 생식에 가담하는 암ㆍ수의 연령은 1세부터였다.