Baccetti B, Dallai R
J Cell Biol. 1978 Mar;76(3):569-76. doi: 10.1083/jcb.76.3.569.
In this paper the spermatozoon of the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis is described. It is the first example of a multiflagellate sperm cell in animals. The sperm consists of a conical head and 100 flagella. Other remarkable features of this sperm cell are the absence of an acrosome, the presence of centrioles containing doublet microtubules instead of triplets, and the presence of axonemes devoid of central tubules and with doublets bearing only one arm. The flagella are feebly motile.
本文描述了达尔文澳白蚁的精子。它是动物中多鞭毛精子细胞的首个例子。精子由一个圆锥形头部和100根鞭毛组成。这种精子细胞的其他显著特征包括无顶体、存在含有双联微管而非三联微管的中心粒,以及存在没有中央微管且双联微管仅带有一个臂的轴丝。鞭毛的运动能力较弱。