The spermatozoon of arthropoda. XXII. the 12 + 0’, ‘14 + 0’ or aflagellate sperm of protura
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- 1 September 1973
- journal article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Journal of Cell Science
- Vol. 13 (2) , 321-335
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.13.2.321
Abstract
The spermatozoa of three genera of Protura are unconventional. Two of them, Acerentulus and Acerentomon, display hitherto undescribed axoneme patterns : ‘12+0’ in the former, ‘14+0’ in the latter. All the doublets are devoid of arms. The third genus, Eosentomon has a disk-shaped spermatozoon, devoid of tail. The presence of such unusual patterns is related to the non-motility of the spermatozoa.Keywords
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