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Sperm Ultrastructure of Rana nigromaculata and Rana catesbeiana  

Lee, Jung-Hun (Division of Natural Science, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungnam University)
Park, Ki-Ryong (Division of Natural Science, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungnam University)
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Applied Microscopy / v.35, no.4, 2005 , pp. 32-41 More about this Journal
Abstract
The sperm morphology of two Korean frogs, Rana catesbeiana and R. nigromaculata (Ranidae) was studied with the light microscope, scanning and transmission electron microscopes. Sperm heads of the R. catesbeiana and R. nigromaculata were long-cylinder shapes. In the total length of R. nigromaculata sperm ($51.2{\mu}m$) was longer than those of R. catesbeiana ($44.6{\mu}m$). Both R. catesbeiana and R. nigromaculata had the long head and principal piece, and short middle piece, but the neck was undeveloped. The axonemal structures contain a 9+9+2 arrangement of microtubules. The number of mitochondria in middle piece have less than mammalian sperm, which irregular surrounded the axone of the middle piece. In conclusion, R. catesbeiana and R. nigromaculata shared many similar features in sperm heads, neck, middle piece, and a site of mitochondria and axial structure, and it suggests that these species should be closely related.
Keywords
Rana catesbeiana; Rana nigromaculata; Sperm morphology; Ultrastructure;
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