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On orderly domains of particles associated with cytomembranes during spermatogenesis in Helix aspersa

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In an electron microscopic study of the maturation of the spermatid of the snail Helix aspersa, it was found that: 1. there is persistence and utilization of the mitochondrial architecture in the formation of the middle piece, and 2. particles originate in orderly domains within the pseudomatrix of the mitochondria. Other orderly domains of cytomembranes (Golgi system and peripheral tubules of Grassé) are discussed.

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  1. Division of Biological and Medical Research, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

    Theodore N. Tahmisian

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Dedicated to Professor Friedrich Wassermann with admiration and affection on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.

Work supported by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

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Tahmisian, T.N. On orderly domains of particles associated with cytomembranes during spermatogenesis in Helix aspersa . Z.Zellforsch 64, 25–31 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339182

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