identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03D287C3C639CE6AFC8F78EDFC78F8D4.text	03D287C3C639CE6AFC8F78EDFC78F8D4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Age Diakonoff 1982	<div><p>AGE (SIZE) OF GENERATION GLAND DIFFERENTIATION</p> <p>Results of this study show that there is considerable variation among cordylids in the ontogenetic stage at which generation glands start to differentiate. In most species, these glands start to differentiate at, or after, the onset of sexual maturity; in a few species, differentiation can take place well before sexual maturity is reached, and in a few others still, seemingly active glands are already present at birth. The significance of the earlier differentiation of generation glands in some species compared with others is not clear. There is presently no information available on whether generation glands in immature individuals, despite similar morphological appearance, are comparable with glands in mature individuals in terms of activity and/or the chemical composition of secretions. It is significant, however, that the three species where differentiated generation glands are already present in neonates are unrelated ground-dwelling species (Mouton, Flemming &amp; Searby, 1998). It would thus appear that the presence of generation glands in neonates could be related to a ground-dwelling lifestyle.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D287C3C639CE6AFC8F78EDFC78F8D4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mouton, P. Le Fras N.;Janse Van Rensburg, Dahné A.;Van Wyk, Johannes H.	Mouton, P. Le Fras N., Janse Van Rensburg, Dahné A., Van Wyk, Johannes H. (2010): Epidermal glands in cordylid lizards, with special reference to generation glands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158 (2): 312-324, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00547.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00547.x
