Evolutionary regularities of somatic polyploidy in salivary glands of the Gastropod molluscs. II. Subclass Pectinibranchia: order Anisorbranchia
Ziumchenko, N.E.; Anisimov, A.P.
Tsitologiia 43(5): 446-452
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3771 PMID: 11517660 Document Number: 534265
Salivary glands of 5 species of gastropod molluscs of the order Anisobranchia, the most ancient order within the subclass Pectinibranchia, have been investigated by histological and cytochemical methods, including DNA cytophotometry. Glandular cells of the following types were recognized: granular cells (with glycoproteid granular inclusions), mucocytes-I (including sulfatic acid mucopolysaccharides), mucocytes-II (including neutral and acid polysaccharides and proteins), and epithelial ciliated cells. All the described cell types are considered to be independent and their morphofunctional characteristics coincide with those of salivary gland cells of the gastropod molluscs of subclasses Cyclobranchia and Scutibranchia. It has been shown that somatic polyploidy in salivary glands in the Anisobranchia molluscs, likely as in those of other Archaeogastropoda (Cyclobranchia and Scutibranchia), is actually absent.