The ontogeny of additional saccules in the orifice of the cheek pouches in hamsters (Phodopus campbelli Thomas, 1905 and Phodopus sungorus Pallas, 1773): a morphometric analysis
Abstract
Time changes in functional activity of the recently described additional sacs in the orifice of cheek pouches (AS) has been studied in one-month-old and adult Phodopus sungorus and P. campbelli. The most intense AS growth and increase in their secretory activity falls on the second decade of the first month. It coincide with transition to their own feeding by coarse crust. Although there is no sexual dimorphism in the AS mass or the amount of their secret, time pattern of growth is different in males and females. Stabilization of the main indices of AS functional activity, their relative mass and amount of secret, at the adult level occurs in females earlier than in males. Adults of both species do not show sexual dimorphism by the both studied indices, but breeding females have both absolute and relative mass of AS and its secret significantly increased. As a whole the obtained data agree well with the previous studies (Vasil'eva, Feoktistova, 1993) that have demonstrated the importance of AS secret in survival, normal growth and development during the first month of P. campbelli. The described time pattern of the AS activity in ontogenesis seem to reflect the real need in the secret at the early age in small hamsters, and the increased AS activity in lactating females can be considered as a functional adaptation that compensate the secret deficit.
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