First SEM studies on tardigrade spermatozoa
作者:
LORENA REBECCHI,
ALESSANDRA GUIDI,
期刊:
Invertebrate Reproduction & Development
(Taylor Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 19,
issue 2
页码: 151-156
ISSN:0792-4259
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1080/07924259.1991.9672169
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: spermatozoa;SEM;Tardigrada;Macrobiotus
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
SEM was used to study the external morphology of spermatozoa from two species ofMacrobiotus(Eutardigrada). In both species, the spermatozoon consists of 4 parts: (1) a rod-shaped acrosome; (2) a helical nucleus; (3) an elongated, swollen middle piece, with lateral vesicles; (4) a tail ending in a tuft of thin and long filaments (probably microtubules). Observations madein vivoand on fresh preparations of sperm cellstotoconfirm the SEM images. Moreover, light microscopy findings also showed that spermatozoa in the testes and gonoducts have a folded-back acrosomal-nuclear region, joined to the middle piece. Artificially extracted spermatozoa appeared in some cases straight-headed.
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