scholarly journals Colouration in fishes

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudhish Chandra ◽  
Shashikant Shukla

A large number of teleostean fishes is brightly and brilliantly coloured. Colouration is due to presence of chromatophores containing various kinds of pigment granules in their skin and scales. Colouration in fishes provides them power of adjustment with surrounding and also enables them to survive. Various factors like temperature, light, diet, stimuli, nervous and hormonal changes affect functioning of chromatophores, leading to colour coordination and dispersion. Colour pattern in fishes is used for concealment camouflage, communication, warning and sexual recognition, besides having taxonomic importance.

1959 ◽  
Vol s3-100 (49) ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
H. E. HINTON

In the larvae and pupae of the Simuliidae the cuticle and epidermis of the thorax and abdomen are more or less transparent, and the colour pattern is formed by cells (chromatocytes) that contain pigment granules., These cells always lie below the basement membrane. It is possible to photograph the chromatocytes without damage to the animal and thus to make photographic records of the behaviour of particular chromatocytes over a period of many days when the animal is moving about and feeding in the normal way. The chromatocytes accumulate lipids. The accumulation of lipids during larval growth and their depletion during adult development has been photographed in normal undamaged animals. Conspicuous changes in the colour pattern, especially of the thorax, occur at metamorphosis. Such changes are due to mass migrations and the formation of new aggregation patterns by the chromatocytes. While such movements of the chromatocytes are taking place in some parts of the body, the aggregation patterns of chromatocytes in other parts of the body remain unchanged and appear to be unaffected by the events that initiate and accompany moults and ecdyses.


Development ◽  
1953 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-299
Author(s):  
B. H. Willier

Some of the basic mechanisms of cellular differentiation have been elucidated by an experimental analysis of the underlying factors and conditions which control the processes of differentiation of the pigment cell in the chick embryo. The pigment cell, owing to its singular capacity to synthesize melanin pigment granules, is an ideal cell for locating its site of origin and tracing its subsequent pathways to the skin and derivatives, the feather papillae. It has the further advantage that its specific behaviour is recorded as colour or colour pattern in the mature feather. In other words, by using the pigment-forming cell as a ‘marker’ many of its properties in time and space may be ascertained from the moment that it is first set aside as a specialized strain of cell until it reaches its ultimate position and visible expression in the growing feather papilla.


Author(s):  
S.K. Aggarwal ◽  
J.M. Fadool

Cisplatin (CDDP) a potent antitumor agent suffers from severe toxic side effects with nephrotoxicity being the major dose-limiting factor, The primary mechanism of its action has been proposed to be through its cross-linking DNA strands. It has also been shown to inactivate various transport enzymes and induce hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia that may be the underlying cause for some of its toxicities. The present is an effort to study its influence on the parathyroid gland for any hormonal changes that control calcium levels in the body.Male Swiss Wistar rats (Crl: (WI) BR) weighing 200-300 g and of 60 days in age were injected (ip) with cisplatin (7mg/kg in normal saline). The controls received saline injections only. The animals were injected (iv) with calcium (0.5 ml of 10% calcium gluconate/day) and were killed by decapitation on day 1 through 5. Trunk blood was collected in heparinized tubes.


Author(s):  
S.D. Barnard ◽  
S.D. Warner

1, 2, 9, 10-tetramethoxyaporphine phosphate (MDL-832) was once considered a potential human antitussive. MDL-832 was administered orally in the diets of Sprague-Dawley rats at dose levels of 0, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 and 160 mg/kg/day for 3 and 6 months and in gelatin capsules to Beagle dogs at 0, 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 mg/kg/day for 3, 6 and 12 months. Histopathologic examinations of hematoxylin and eosin-stained cerebellar sections revealed intracytoplasmic brown pigment accumulations in large fusiform neurons (presumably the motor type) of the pons. The pigment granules were found to be PAS-positive, non-acid fast, iron-free, Sudan B-positive and fuchsinophilic. Intraneuronal pigment accumulations were seen in rats after 3 months of treatment at 80 mg but not at 40 mg and after 6 months at 20 mg but not at 10 mg. For dogs the effect was observed after 3 months at 60 mg but not at 30 mg and after 12 months at 10 mg but not at 5 mg.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Sudar Kajin

Growth and development of the child have the nature of a thorough and intertwined relationships between components (health, nutrition, and environment). In general, child development can be grouped into three areas, namely cognitive, affective, and psychomotor, whereas biological growth which includes a change in the body structure. Body structure regarding the changes in bone structure, especially the long bones that have an impact on changes in body size, whereas changes in bodily functions is a result of hormonal changes that affect the physiological function .. The purpose of this development are: 1) Describe the product feasibility study التربية الجسمية for grade XI IPA at MAN I Mojokerto 2) Describe the development of learning tools using process skills can improve learning outcomes subjects التربية الجسمية class XI IPA at MAN I Mojokerto From the results of this development can be concluded: 1) results of expert validation and testing, the model approach process skills is fit for use for subjects of Physical Education, Sport and Health, because the products developed are not revised by experts but from the results of questionnaire of students stated that require revision are: (a) Improve the look model or change the learning strategy, and (b) improve the use of resources in implementing the model. 2) Product development learning tools using process skills can improve learning outcomes subjects التربية الجسمية class XI IPA at MAN I Mojokerto. From the class of the test increased learning completeness of Pre and Post Tests Tests are respectively 77.78% increase to 91.67%.


1982 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. R. Pérez-López ◽  
C. M. González-Moreno ◽  
M. D. Abós ◽  
J. A. Andonegui ◽  
R. H. Corvo

Abstract. In order to determine whether or not pituitary responsiveness to the dopaminergic antagonist clebopride changes during the nyctohemeral cycle, 10 healthy women with regular cycles were given 1 mg of clebopride orally at 09.00 h and 24.00 h with at least a 5 day interval between each test. In addition, 5 of the women were given a placebo instead of clebopride at midnight to evaluate the spontaneous hormonal changes. During the 24.00 h test the women had significantly higher P < 0.05) mean TSH basal levels. Serum prolactin (Prl) increased significantly (P < 0.001) after clebopride administration while these changes did not occur when placebo was used instead of clebopride at midnight. The Prl response to clebopride was qualitatively similar at 09.00 h and at 24.00 h. Clebopride given at midnight induced a significant increase (P < 0.05) in serum TSH while this change did not occur when the drug was given at 09.00 h or when placebo was given at midnight. The administration of clebopride resulted in no discernible alterations in serum LH, FSH or GH in either the 09.00 h or the 24.00 h tests. Thus, Prl responses to clebopride were similar in the morning and at midnight, TSH significantly increased after clebopride at midnight whereas this did not occur when the drug was given in the morning, and no significant changes were induced in LH, FSH or GH at the times studied.


Reproduction ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 484-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Nancarrow ◽  
H Hearnshaw ◽  
P. Mattner ◽  
P. Connell ◽  
B. Restall

2016 ◽  
pp. 72-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Makarenko ◽  
◽  
D. Govsieiev ◽  
O. Gromova ◽  
L. Martynova ◽  
...  

The objective: to study the incidence of gynecological diseases, clinical and hormonal parameters of the menstrual cycle in patients with benign hyper-plastic processes of breasts. Patients and methods. 65 women with various forms of mastitis were investigated. The following investigations were conducted: mammologistic and gynecological investigation, mommologistic X-ray investigation, ultrasound of breasts and of the pelvic organs, endometrial aspiration biopsy that was followed by cytology; when it was necessary the diagnostic laparoscopy, colposcopy, hysteroscope with curettage and morphological investigation of the endometrium, hormone research and rectal temperature measurements were conducted. Results. The frequency of the benign breast diseases was set: fibrocystic disease of breast – 32 women (49.2±6.20%), fibrous of breast – 16 women (24.6±5.34%), nodular of breasts – 8 women (12.3±4.07%), fibroadenoma – 6 women (9.2±3.59%), nodular disease of breasts on the background of fibroid changes – 3 women (4.6±2.60%). All in all, 96.9±2.14% of the patients had any gynecological diseases. Thus, the average age of the ‘debut’ of mastitis was 31.4±1.09 years; the hyper-plastic processes in the uterus was 35.2±1.17 years. Anovulation was detected in 17 (47.2±8.3%) patients, the lack of the luteal phase (NLF) was detected in 11 (30.6±7.6) patients. Conclusions. Identified hormonal changes are typical for patients with the hyper-plastic processes of the reproductive organs with different localization (breasts, uterus, ovaries). Due to the commonality of the hormone changes in most cases mastitis is combined with the various gynecological diseases (96.9±2.14%). Key words: gynecological pathology, hormonal changes, breast, factors of risk.


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