Histological description of the reproductive system of male and female hatchlings of the Magdalena river turtle (Podocnemis lewyana)

ABSTRACT: In this study we described the macroscopic and microscopic histology of the reproductive system of male and female Podocnemis lewyana neonates (3.5 months old). We found macroscopic differences in the morphology of the gonads between the sexes, with ovaries being twice as long as testes, a...