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Table 2 Antibodies and lectins that label accessory reproductive organs and gonads in S. mediterranea.

From: Molecular markers to characterize the hermaphroditic reproductive system of the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

Antibody

Accessory reproductive organs

Testes

 

Oviduct/tuba

Bursa canal

Glands around the copulatory apparatus

Seminal vesicles

Sperm ducts

Penis papilla

Sperm flagella

Membranes in/around testes

Spermatogonia/spermatocytes/spermatids

Tubulin δ2*

+

   

+

 

+

  

Phosphotyrosine^

+

+

 

+

 

+

   

Muscle (pre-immune serum)^

+

+

 

+

     

Carbonic anhydrase^

+

        

Lectin

         

Peanut agglutinin (PNA)*

 

+

+

     

+

Ricinus communis agglutinin (RCA)*

  

+

      

Erythrina cristagalli lectin (ECL)*

  

+

      

Lens culinaris agglutinin (LCA)*

       

+

 
  1. ^ Animals were fixed with methacarn.
  2. * Animals were fixed with formaldehyde.