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Sperm Ultrastructure of Bombina orientalis

무당개구리 (Bombina orientalis) 정자의 미세구조

  • Lee, Jung-Hun (Division of Natural Science, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungnam University) ;
  • Kwon, Jung-Kyun (Electron Microscope Laboratory, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
  • 이정훈 (경남대학교 자연과학대학 자연과학부) ;
  • 권중균 (한양대학교 의과대학 전자현미경실)
  • Published : 2005.12.01
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Abstract

This study described the spermatozoa of the discoglossidae Bombina orientalis using light, scanning and transmission electron microscopes. Sperm head possess a crescent or leaf shape, with a moderately flexible head, and with a sharp anterior and posterior tips. The nucleus are a thick cone shaped in the widest middle part of nucleus, and a slender anterior and posterior of nuclear tips. The chromatin is not completely compact, but irregularly imbricated such as roof. Some nuclear lacunae, irregular in shape, are scattered within the nucleus. No neck and middle piece were developed. The flagellum is composed of 9+2 axoneme, axial rod and undulating membrane. The mitochondria were distributed only in cytoplasmic membrane around the nucleus. In particular, the nuclear rod contains bundles of fibers, the rod penetrating from anterior portion to the middle of the nucleus, is extended roughly two-thirds of the nucleus such as eyelashes shaped.

본 연구는 무당개구리과 (Discoglossidae)의 무당개구리(Bombina orientalis) 정자의 형태적 특징을 광학현미경과 주사 및 투과 전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 정자두부는 전 후방의 끝이 뾰족하고 다소 유연성을 갖는 초생달 혹은 버들 잎 모양의 특이한 구조를 취하고 있었다. 핵은 전 후방이 가늘고, 중앙 부분은 굵은 원뿔형이었다. 염색질은 완전하게 농축되어 있지 않고, 마치 널빤지를 겹쳐 놓은 듯한 지붕모양과 같은 형태로 불규칙하게 배열되어져 있었다. 핵 내에는 불규칙한 형태의 nuclear lacunae들이 흩어져 있었다. 정자경부와 중편부는 발달 되어 있지 않았다. 편모는 9+2 구조의 axoneme, axial rod 그리고 undulating membrane을 가지고 있었다. 미토콘드리아들은 핵의 상단부를 둘러싸고 있는 protoplasmic bead내에만 국한되어 존재하고 있었다. 특히, 본 연구에서 핵의 전방부에서 중앙 부위로 주행하는 nuclear rod는 섬유성 다발로 구성되었으며, 마치 사람의 속눈썹 모양과 같은 형태를 취하며, 핵의 2/3까지 뻗쳐져 있었다.

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