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Abstract tu--s was studied, begi.nn:il:.::: froc: the formation of the r; ooital ridge to ttw fully differmtiated gonad. The development of other organs of the g~1ital system was also traced, though not in detai.l as the gonads• ””” full stud;y of the gross anatomy of the genital system. during the embryonic period, as well as in the adult individual, was carriGd out. 2• Fro;;J. the first indication of the gonads, the r1.ght one i.s locate<i at a higher level tho.n the left one, a f’o•artL.re whic!:l J..S retained in ad.ult lizL’.rds· The primordial germ cells app0d.t’ very eal”ly in the gonad developwer.t• The vo.rious views explaining their or;i.gi.I11 were discussed and coupured v:itll the results of the preCJ~lt investir_:u.tio:n• Our r.e sults su ,,Jort the extra-ret:i.onal :forJ.1.:..tion of the . . . 3• 3efore the di.fferentia.tioil. of tc1.e gonad into i;c:sti3 cr DV’J.:1 1 i.•C• in the indi£fer=t :’c.:riod o:f ;;onad duv oJopr:1ent • ,;,lee ti ssuo of the gonad is not distinEuished L’1to cortex ar... u ~’odulla. This agrees witL tlw obs8rvation~ C’ -: of the e;onad ll’-t c ,JeU .. ni te ov a:ry is det e.rmin ed by its d.istinction inc,o cortex and medulla• 4• Although the gonads are macroscopically dist~~ guished from each other in very late sta~e of embryonic development, male and i’ema.le individuals are distingui:shed from each other more earlier, since the oviduct develops at an easlier s”cae;e when in the male individuals, the ViOl$ de:t:el:’ens is not ,Yet developed· 5 • I.n c:;ale gonad, the present stud,y showed that the development of sexual cords is not rostrict0d to the medulla of til~.; t stis• Qroups of’ eells p:::·oliferate from th,;: ~erminal epitheliUlll, directed towa.rds -c;1e medull2., and pnrticip3.tiuc .i.a tr.o formation of sexual cords· ’)· i.:vuu.:_~ary cords appea.r in cert;cd..;l stctges of ovary dovelopLH:lLt, out they later Cb.sappear. This featu.re was also me.lltioned b,y sone other investiGators• 7 • l.n iJoth S·’;XeS, the rUdil:lent~;; !.iullarian duct 0mLr;; os wi tli still indifferent ;onads· In male malo erubryos (’,:;: ,53-45 =• smout-cloaea le:c.,tL, it eoc;cpletely disappe<,.res · |