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  • Title: Compensatory testicular hypertrophy in the lizard Anolis carolinensis.
    Author: Summers CH.
    Journal: J Exp Zool; 1984 Jul; 231(1):101-7. PubMed ID: 6432937.
    Abstract:
    In reproductively responsive, male Anolis carolinensis undergoing artificially induced testicular recrudescence, unilateral orchidectomy of the left testis produced compensatory hypertrophy of the remaining testis. Testosterone inhibited this compensatory testicular hypertrophy on a weight basis, but did not reduce the rate of spermatogenic development. These results suggest that there is a mechanism of testosterone feedback in Anolis carolinensis that controls gonadotropin secretion during the recrudescent phase. In reproductively thermorefractory lizards, unilateral orchidectomy had no effect on the remaining testis. Administration of exogenous follicle-stimulating hormone to refractory animals increased testicular weight and stage of spermatogenic development. Sensitivity to gonadotropin, as well as failure of unilateral orchidectomy to produce compensatory hypertrophy in refractory male anoles, suggests that the control of the refractory period in A. carolinensis results from physiological mechanisms in the pituitary gland or brain rather than in the testis.
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