Holt W V
J Reprod Fertil. 1982 Mar;64(2):485-9. doi: 10.1530/jrf.0.0640485.
The development of a tail-coiling defect in spermatozoa from Welsh boar was studied by light and electron microscopy. The onset of tail-coiling was coincident with the passage of spermatozoa through the epididymis, since only cells isolated from regions of the duct distal to the caput epididymidis exhibited this characteristic. An intermediate form of this abnormality was detected in the proximal corpus epididymidis, where migration of the cytoplasmic droplets mainly occurred. It is suggested that defective migration of the cytoplasmic droplet might be associated with the pathogenesis of the coiled-tail defect in this animal.
通过光学显微镜和电子显微镜研究了威尔士公猪精子尾部卷曲缺陷的发育情况。尾部卷曲的起始与精子通过附睾的过程一致，因为只有从附睾头远端管道区域分离出的细胞表现出这种特征。在附睾近侧体部检测到这种异常的一种中间形式，细胞质滴的迁移主要发生在此处。有人认为，细胞质滴的迁移缺陷可能与该动物尾部卷曲缺陷的发病机制有关。
