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Sperm Ultrastructure Of Five Species Of The Neotropical Ant Genus Pseudomyrmex (hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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Acta Zoologica. , v. 88, n. 3, p. 181 - 187, 2007.
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10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00264.x
2-s2.0-34250371389
Autor
Moya J.
Mancini K.
Lino-Neto J.
Delabie J.
Dolder H.
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Resumen
The seminal vesicles of adult males of five species of Pseudomyrmex were prepared for light and transmission electron microscopy. The Pseudomyrmex spermatozoa are long and slender with similar morphology. The head region has an acrosome and a nucleus. In all the studied species, two morphologically distinct types of acrosomal vesicles were observed, a long structure, as observed in all known ants, and a pear-shaped one, never before observed in ants. The nucleus is elongated and both condensed and loose chromatin are present. The flagellum has an axoneme, a centriolar adjunct, two mitochondrial derivatives and two accessory bodies. The centriolar, the mitochondrial derivatives and the accessory bodies are similar to observations in most ant species that have been studied. The axoneme presents an uncommon 9 + 9 + 1 microtubule arrangement and the central microtubule has 13 protofilaments. 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