Handbook - Hermaphrodite

Reproductive System
Egg-Laying Apparatus
see also
   Overview
   Somatic Gonad
   Germ Line

1 General description
2 The uterus

3 The vulva

   3.1 Vulval cell patterning
   3.2 Vulval morphogenesis
4 Uterine and vulval muscles

5 Egg-laying neurons

6 List of cells in uterus and vulva

7 References

Figures
EggFIG1
EggFIG 1 - DIC image of adult
   hermaphrodite midbody region
EggFIG2A-D
EggFIG 2A-D - Uterus structure
EggFIG2E-G
EggFIG 2E-G - Uterus structure
EggFIG3
EggFIG 3 - Electron micrographs
   of the uterus
EggFIG4A&B
EggFIG 4A&B - Uterus
   development
EggFIG4C&D
EggFIG 4C&D - Uterus
   development
EggFIG5&B
EggFIG 5A&B - Cell fate patterning
   during uterus development
EggFIG5C
EggFIG 5C&D - Cell fate
   patterning during uterus
   development
EggFIG6A&B
EggFIG 6A&B - The adult vulva
EggFIG6C
EggFIG 6C-E - The adult vulva
EggFIG7
EggFIG 7 - Vulval cell patterning
EggFIG8
EggFIG 8 - Interactions between
   the AC and cells of the
   developing vulva
EggFIG9
EggFIG 9 - Vulval morphogenesis
EggFIG10
EggFIG 10 - Vulval morphology
   before and after eversion
EggFIG11A
EggFIG 11A - The uterine muscles
EggFIG11B&C
EggFIG 11B&C -The uterine
   muscles
EggFIG12
Egg FIG 12 - The vulval muscles
EggFIG13
EggFIG 13 - Connectivity of the
   vulval and uterine muscles
EggFIG14A
EggFIG 14A - Sex muscle
   development
EggFIG14B-D
EggFIG 14B-E - Sex muscle
   development
EggFIG15
EggFIG 15A - Egg-laying neurons
EggFIG15B&C EggFIG 15B&C - Egg-laying
   neurons
EggFIG16A
EggFIG 16A - Egg-laying neurons
EggFIG16B&C
EggFIG 16B&C - Egg-laying
   neurons
EggTABLE1
EggTABLE 1 - Cells of the adult
   uterus
EggFIGSup1
EggFIG Sup1 - Stages of vulval
   development