Asplenium trichomanes L. subsp. trichomanes spermatozoids are spirals of about five turns. Keels link the elements of the microtubular ribbon with the plates of the lamellar layer (LL) which are uninterrupted, parallel and curved with an inner angle of about 150°. Electron-opaque filaments connect the microtubules of the multilayered structure (MLS) and the osmiophilic crest, the LL and the MLS-associated mitochondrion and the latter and the plasmalemma. The nucleus occupies the 2.5–3 posterior turns and has an inner honeycombshaped chromatin mass and an outer highly condensed chromatin mass with randomly scattered electron-transparent areas. The basal bodies of the ca. 50 flagella are bounded by a reticulum of granular material which forms a plug inside their proximal region; the proximal region of the flagellum has a 9 + 0 pattern. The axoneme has a 9 + 2 pattern.

Gori, P., Muccifora, S., Woo, S.L., Bellani, L.M. (1997). An ultrastructural study of the mature spermatozoid of the fern Asplenium trichomanes L. subsp. trichomanes. SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION, 10(3), 142-148 [10.1007/s004970050081].

An ultrastructural study of the mature spermatozoid of the fern Asplenium trichomanes L. subsp. trichomanes

Muccifora, Simonetta;Bellani, Lorenza M.
1997-01-01

Abstract

Asplenium trichomanes L. subsp. trichomanes spermatozoids are spirals of about five turns. Keels link the elements of the microtubular ribbon with the plates of the lamellar layer (LL) which are uninterrupted, parallel and curved with an inner angle of about 150°. Electron-opaque filaments connect the microtubules of the multilayered structure (MLS) and the osmiophilic crest, the LL and the MLS-associated mitochondrion and the latter and the plasmalemma. The nucleus occupies the 2.5–3 posterior turns and has an inner honeycombshaped chromatin mass and an outer highly condensed chromatin mass with randomly scattered electron-transparent areas. The basal bodies of the ca. 50 flagella are bounded by a reticulum of granular material which forms a plug inside their proximal region; the proximal region of the flagellum has a 9 + 0 pattern. The axoneme has a 9 + 2 pattern.
1997
Gori, P., Muccifora, S., Woo, S.L., Bellani, L.M. (1997). An ultrastructural study of the mature spermatozoid of the fern Asplenium trichomanes L. subsp. trichomanes. SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION, 10(3), 142-148 [10.1007/s004970050081].
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