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Ultrastructure of Zacco koreanus (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) Spermiogenesis and Spermatozoa (참갈겨니(Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) 정자변형과 정자의 미세구조)

  • Kim, Kgu Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.347-354
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    • 2006
  • Spermiogenesis in the Zacco koreanus is characterized by lateral development of flagellum, shallow nuclear fossa formation and with no nuclear rotation. These spermatozoa exhibit a spherical head containing a nucleus with the chromatin highly condensed and no acrosome. The midpiece is a small and a short cytoplasmic canal. Mitochondria are separated from the initial segement of the axoneme by cytoplasmic canal. The flagellum contains the classic axoneme structure (9+2) and has a vesicle in the initial region; it dose not have axonemal fins. The presence of a vesicle in the initial region of flagella, a structure common in many Cypriniformes spermatozoa.

Ultrastructure of Pseudogobio esocinus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) Spermiogenesis and Spermatozoa (모래무지(Teleostei, Cyprinidae) 정자변형과정과 정자의 미세구조)

  • Kim, Kgu-Hwan;Kwon, Deok-Mun;Lee, Jun-Ill;Jung, Sung-Bae
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.147-152
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    • 2007
  • Spermiogenesis and mature spermatozoa of the Korean false minnow Pseudogobio esocinus (Cyprinidae) are described by means of scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Spermiogenesis is characterized by lateral development of the flagellum, absence of nuclear rotation, and eccentric nuclear fossa formation. The spermatozoa have a spherical head containing a nucleus with highly condensed chromatin and no acrosome. The nuclear fossa contains the proximal centriole and anterior part of the distal centriole. The midpiece is type A II and contains semi-fused mitochondria around the axoneme. However, the symmetrical distribution of 4 or more the mitochondria does not follow a general pattern of the cyprinid spermatozoa. Cytoplasmic vesicles in the midpiece are common in Cypriniformes and some of Siluriformes and Characiformes spermatozoa.

Ultrastructure of Spermatozoa of the Slender Catfish, Pseudobagrus brevicorpus (Teleostei, Bagridae) with Phylogenetic Considerations (꼬치동자개 (Pseudobagrus brevicorpus) 정자의 미세구조와 계통적 고찰(경골어류, 메기목, 동자개과))

  • KIM Kgu Hwan;LEE Joon Il
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.480-485
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    • 2003
  • Morphology of the spermatozoa from the testes of the catfish (Pseudobagrus brevicorpus) was studied by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The spermatozoa of P. brevicorpus are approximately $82.25\pm0.06\;{\mu}m$ in length and relatively simple cells composed of a spherical head, a short midpiece and a tail as in most teleost fish, The nucleus measuring about $2.00\pm0.02\;{\mu}m$ in length is depressed with a deep nuclear fossa of about $1.05\pm0.03\;{\mu}m$ in length three fifths of the nuclear length. The nuclear fossa contains the proximal and distal centrioles. The two centrioles are oriented approximately $150^{\circ}$ to each other. The mitochondria are arranged in two layers and their number is 12 or more. They are separated from the axoneme by the cytoplasmic canal. The axoneme is the 9+2 microtubular pattern and has inner but no outer dynein arms as in other bagrids. The axonemal fins were the closed to axonemal doublet 3 and 8. The axonemal fins and lost outer dynein arm are shared in Bagridae and the deep nuclear fossa is shared in Siluriformes. The axonemal fins observed in Bagridae and Amblycipitidae of Siluriformes might be the apomorphic character in Ostariophysi.