MATURATION OF MOSQUITO SPERMATOZOA DURING THEIR TRANSIT THROUGHOUT THE MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS

Authors
NDIAYE M MATTEI X THIAW OT
Citation
M. Ndiaye et al., MATURATION OF MOSQUITO SPERMATOZOA DURING THEIR TRANSIT THROUGHOUT THE MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, Tissue & cell, 29(6), 1997, pp. 675-678
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Cell Biology
Journal title
Tissue & cell → ACNP
ISSN journal
00408166
Volume
29
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
675 - 678
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-8166(1997)29:6<675:MOMSDT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The testes, seminal vesicles and spermathecae of 22 species of mosquit oes belonging to the genera Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Mansonia and Toxo rhynchites are investigated under the electron microscope. Modificatio ns of the acrosome and sperm wall occur during the transit of the sper matozoon from the lower region of the testes to the spermathecae throu ghout the seminal vesicles. The origin and fate of the cell coat and t he possible roles of somatic cell layers both in the testes and the se minal vesicles are discussed.