The male reproductive system,sperm, and spermatophores of the primitive,hermaphroditic, remipede crustacean Speleonectess benjamini |
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| Authors: | JILL YAGER |
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| Institution: | Old Dominion University, College of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences , Norfolk, Virginia, 23529-0266, USA |
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| Abstract: | Summary Speleonectes benjamini, a species of the primitive crustacean class Remipedia, is a simultaneous hermaphrodite. The male reproductive tract consists of paired testes and vas deferens. Sperm have an ovoid nucleus, acrosome, and a flagellum with a 9 + 2 microtubular arrangement. The spermatophores contain at least three sperm. |
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| Keywords: | DNA extra-synthesis heterozygosity maintenance interspecific hybridization spindle orientation telophase restitution |
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