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Galli-Mainini1, Houssay2 and Allende3 have shown that secretion by the glands of the oviduct in Bufo arenarum is controlled by a dual mechanism: a prolactin-like hormone from the anterior pituitary acts directly on the oviduct, and a progesterone-like hormone produced in the ovary during ovulation causes secretion independently of the direct pituitary action. In view of the importance from the evolutionary point of view of this demonstration of the action of a progestational hormone at the level of the Amphibia, it was thought desirable to extend the work to include the two British species, Bufo bufo, and Rana temporaria.
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Galli-Mainini, C., Rev. Soc. Argent. Biol., 26, 166 (1950).
Houssay, B. A., Rev. Soc. Argent. Biol., 26, 185 (1950).
Allende, I. L. C. de, C.R. Soc. Biol., Paris, 130, 163 (1939).
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LODGE, P., SMITH, C. Hormonal Control of Secretion in the Oviduct of the Amphibia. Nature 185, 774–775 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185774a0
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