SHORT COMMUNICATIONS: Localization of Oviductal Sperm-storage Tubules in the American Kestrel ( Falco sparverius )

• Main Authors: Bakst, Murray R., Bird, David M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1987
• Subjects: Agricultural Science; Bray; Accipiter gentilis; Northern Goshawk
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdaarsfacpub/619; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usdaarsfacpub/article/1624/viewcontent/Bakst_AUK_1987_Localization_oviductal.pdf

Sperm-storage tubules (SST) are discrete tubular invaginations of the bird's oviduct epithelium located in the anterior end of the vaginal folds, a region generally referred to as the uterovaginal junction (UVJ). [We prefer to refer to the UVJ sperm-storage sites collectively as the SST (origin...