| Literature DB >> 6573024 |
M J Tyler, D J Shearman, R Franco, P O'Brien, R F Seamark, R Kelly.
Abstract
The female gastric brooding frog Rheobatrachus silus broods its young in its stomach. A substance that inhibits gastric acid secretion in a toad stomach preparation in vitro appears to be secreted by the developing young. This substance has been identified as prostaglandin E2. Rheobatrachus silus may thus have developed a mechanism whereby prostaglandin secreted by the larvae inhibits acid secretion in the stomach of the female until the larvae have completed development and emerged as juvenile frogs by way of the female's mouth.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID： 6573024 DOI： 10.1126/science.6573024
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728