Nuclear shaping in spermatids of the Thai leaf frog Megophrys montana

Wiley - Tập 220 Số 3 - Trang 287-290 - 1988
S. Cheryl1,2, David M. Phillips2
1The New York Zoological Society, Bronx, NY 10460
2The Population Council, New York, NY 10021.

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Abstract

Transmission electron microscopy of Thai leaf frog testis revealed a unique pattern of spermatid nuclear morphogenesis. Chromatin condenses into a continuous cylindrical coil within a roughly spherical nucleus. Later the nuclear membrane conforms to the contours of the uncoiling nuclear contents. In the mature sperm, the long, tapering nuclesus is helically shaped. This developmental sequence occurs in the absence of a microtubular manchette, raising questions about the role of this structure in nuclear shaping in spermatozoa of other species.

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