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The fine structure of the sperm of a tunicate,Ascidia nigra

✍ Scribed by Schabtach, Eric ;Ursprung, Heinrich


Book ID
102336011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1965
Tongue
English
Weight
494 KB
Volume
159
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-104X

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✦ Synopsis


The ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Ascidia nigra i s described. The head of this sperm contains an elongated nucleus flanked and surrounded by a single large mitochondrion. No other mitochondria are present. An acrosome is seen to extend over a large portion of the nucleus. The tail shows the typical 9 + 2 arrangement of fibrils, and in some region carries fins.


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