Author:
Matoušková Martina,Bílý Tomáš,Bruňanská Magdaléna,Oros Mikuláš,Kostič Borislav,Nebesářová Jana
Abstract
Abstract
Monozoic caryophyllidean cestodes, intestinal parasites of cyprinid fishes, represent a group of tapeworms with an unclear evolutionary history. As spermatology may provide phylogenetically important data, the spermiogenesis and ultrastructure of the mature spermatozoon have been investigated using an integrative approach combining transmission electron microscopy, cytochemistry and electron tomography in Khawia rossittensis (Szidat, 1937). The process of spermatid formation is accompanied by the presence of ultrastructural characters not described in traditional models of spermiogenesis, e.g., apical electron-dense material, the two striated roots situated unusually opposite each other, branching of typical striated roots, an intercentriolar body comprising five electron-dense and four electron-lucent layers, rotation of both free flagella and flagellar buds to the median cytoplasmic process at 90°, and a complete proximodistal fusion. The synchronous rotation of both flagellar buds and growing free flagella is an evolutionarily linked pattern favouring the hypothesis that the Caryophyllidea are not ancestral but are secondarily derived from polyzoic forms. Electron tomography analysis has revealed a unique feature of two helicoidal tubular structures in the central electron-dense core of the axoneme of mature spermatozoon. These data provide new insights into the architecture of the 9 + ‘1’ axoneme, which is shared by male gametes of all trepaxonematan Platyhelminthes.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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