An electron microscope study of the process of differentiation during spermatogenesis in the drone honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) with special reference to centriole replication and elimination

Hoage, Terrell R.; Kessel, Richard G.

doi:10.1016/s0022-5320(68)80014-0

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“…4). This shape and position probably made the structure difficult to observe or it was misinterpreted (Hoage & Kessel 1968). Also in other hymenopterans, this structure has been initially interpreted as being the anterior tip of one of the mitochondrial derivatives (Quicke et al, 1992) or a region where the axoneme, nucleus and mitochondrial derivatives overlap (Chauvin et al 1988).…”

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Sperm ultrastructure of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) (L) (Hymenoptera, Apidae) with emphasis on the nucleus-flagellum transition region

2000

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The flagellum of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae) consists of two mitochondrial derivatives, an axoneme and two accessory bodies. The mitochondrial derivatives are of unequal size and lie parallel to the axoneme. In the larger derivative four regions can be distinguished while in the smaller, only three. The region occurring only in the larger derivative consists of paracystalline material. The smaller mitochondrial derivative terminates anterior to the larger one. An extremely long centriolar adjunct is observed between the nucleus and the smaller mitochondrial derivative. This adjunct is compact, very electron dense and gradually tapers from base toward apex, finishing at the anterior extremity of the axonemal microtubules. In this flagellar region, there is only one accessory body present between the larger mitochondrial derivative and the axoneme. Anteriorly, the tips of the axonemal microtubules are inserted in a well developed mass of granular appearance. This material surrounds the nuclear base, separating it from the anterior end of the larger mitochondrial derivative. We believe that the structure identified here as a centriolar adjunct is homologous to that observed in Formicidae, Ichneumonoidea and Symphyta. Therefore, very probably, it is common to most Hymenoptera.

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“…They were briefly described by Rothschild (1955), Hoage and Kessel (1968) studied their spermiogenesis and CruzHöfling et al (1970) and Lensky et al (1979) examined in detail the mature sperm ultrastructure. Woyke (1984) compared the ultrastructural differences between haploid and diploid sperm.…”

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Sperm ultrastructure of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) (L) (Hymenoptera, Apidae) with emphasis on the nucleus-flagellum transition region

2000

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“…The expected number may also be changed in atypical types of spermatogenesis as that occurring in bees (MEVES, 1907;HOAGE & KESSEL, 1968;CRUZ-LANDIM & BEIG, 1980;, because of the males haploidy.…”

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Organization of the cysts in bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae) testis: number of spermatozoa per cyst

Cruz-Landim

2001

Iheringia, Sér. Zool.

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The morphology of the cyst cells in Apis mellifera Linné, 1758, Scaptotrigona postica Latreille, 1804, and Melipona bicolor bicolor Lepeletier, 1836 testis, as well as the average number of spermatic cells are reported. The data indicates a supporting and nourrishing role of the cyst cells to the developing cystocytes. The counts of immature spermatozoa in the cysts show an average of 202.8 ± 21.2 spermatozoa for A. mellifera, 117.4 ± 8.68 for S. postica and 88.8 ± 15.57 for M. bicolor, which predict the occurrence of 8 mitotic cycles in the cystocytes of A. mellifera and 7 in the meliponines, considering that only one spermatozoom originates of each final spermatogonium.

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“…In the seminiferous tubules they have been observed in invertebrate germ cells [6,14,151, fish spermatogonia 1171, rat spermatids [20,221, human spermatocytes and spermatids [I 1, 191, and human Sertoli cells [l] . The present report provides ultrastructural evidence on AL formation from the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) in pubertal human Sertoli cells.…”

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The Formation of Annulate Lamellae in the Human Sertoli Cell

Paniagua

Nistal

Bravo

1984

Archives of Andrology

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The formation of annulate lamellae (AL) has been studied in human Sertoli cells. Sertoli cells of infants did not show AL. Sertoli cells of 9-to 1 1-year-old boys showed incompletely circumferentially arranged cisternae of endoplasmic reticulum (ER), alternating with rows of vesicles, 200-300 nm in diameter, with a weakly osmiophilic content. The ER cisternae displayed both pores and attached ribosomes at a few sites. These membranous structures were also observed beside true concentrically arranged AL in pubertal Sertoli cells (11-13 years of age). Both types of membranous formations were continuous with parallel, rough endoplasmic reticulum cisternae (RER) that interconnected them. Adult Sertoli cells showed only AL, not the other peculiar membranous formation. These features suggest that the RER plus associated vesicles originate the AL in human Sertoli cells.

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An electron microscope study of the process of differentiation during spermatogenesis in the drone honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) with special reference to centriole replication and elimination

Cited by 108 publications

References 36 publications

Sperm ultrastructure of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) (L) (Hymenoptera, Apidae) with emphasis on the nucleus-flagellum transition region

Sperm ultrastructure of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) (L) (Hymenoptera, Apidae) with emphasis on the nucleus-flagellum transition region

Organization of the cysts in bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae) testis: number of spermatozoa per cyst

The Formation of Annulate Lamellae in the Human Sertoli Cell

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