Ultrastructural studies on the epididymal spermatozoa in the rhesus monkey.
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1980-09
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Abstract
Ultrastructural studies on the spermatozoa in different regions of the epididymis of
the rhesus monkey have shown that the process of sperm maturation is associated with the
caudad migration of the cytoplastmic droplet, a reduction in the volume of the cytoplasmic
droplet, and an obvious wrinkling of the plasma membrane surrounding the head of the
spermatozoa. These changes are completed by the time the spermatozoa reach the distal-middle
segment of the epididymis. The present studies also indicate that spermatozoa are incorporated
into the intraepithelial cells in the epidymis. This finding suggests that spermiophagy is a normal
occurrence in the epidymis of rhesus monkey.
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Ultrastructure, epididymis, spermatozoa, rhesus monkey
Citation
Prakash Asha, Prasad M R N, Anand Kumar T C. Ultrastructural studies on the epididymal spermatozoa in the rhesus monkey. Journal of Biosciences. 1980 Sept; 2(3): 261-266.