ULTRASTRUCTURAL-STUDY ON THE SPERMIOGENESIS AND SPERMATOZOON OF THE METACERCARIAE OF MICROPHALLUS-PRIMAS (DIGENEA), A PARASITE OF CARCINUS-MAENAS
ULTRASTRUCTURAL-STUDY ON THE SPERMIOGENESIS AND SPERMATOZOON OF THE METACERCARIAE OF MICROPHALLUS-PRIMAS (DIGENEA), A PARASITE OF CARCINUS-MAENAS
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DOI:
10.1002/mrd.1080250206
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发表时间:
1990-02-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
BARANDELA, T
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作者:
CASTILHO, F;BARANDELA, T
The thread-like spermatozoon of the crab parasite Microphallus primas was studied by electron microscopy. A survey of the head region of the spermatozoon reveals three features hitherto unknown in Platyhelminthes spermatozoa. The first is the aberrant inclusion of the nucleus within one of the two axonemes, limited to the head end region. The second is the coexistence, in the same axoneme, of two patterns, 9 + 0 (doublets without dynein arms) and 9 + "1". The third is the presence of a layer of cortical microtubules running longitudinally from the zone where the nucleus goes from axoneme to the tail region (where the two flagella start). The sequence of events in spermatogenesis is similar to that described for most of the Digenea trematodes, and the spermiogenesis process conforms to a common plan in nearly the whole group.