Ahmad  Gharzi, Afsaneh  Yari, Nasrollah  Rastegar-Pouyani, 
    Morphology and Histology of Ovary&#146;s Germinal Beds in the Lacertid Lizard, <I>Acantodactylus boskianus</I> (Sauria; Lacertidae),
    Research Journal of Animal Sciences,
    Volume 6,Issue 1,
    2012,
    Pages 8-11,
    ISSN 1993-5269,
    rjnasci.2012.8.11,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjnasci.2012.8.11)
    Abstract: In this research, researchers studied gross and microscopical characteristics of the ovaries and their germinal beds in a newly reported lizard, <I>Acantodactylus boskianus</I> from Iran. Researchers found that in this species ovaries show variable morphology and located under the gut, just above the kidneys. Near to gonads hilum, a single germinal bed containing numerous oogonia and developing primordial follicles is observed that seems to be derived from the epithelium&#146;s gonad. The germinal bed shaped like a butterfly in histological sections and produces a single clutch per year. It seems that this single germinal bed has evolved from merging two separate beds.
    Keywords: Lizard;oogonia;gravid;reproductive;microscopy;Iran