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- Title
Nuage constituents arising from mitochondria: Is it possible?
- Authors
Reunov, Arkadiy; Isaeva, Valeria; Au, Doris; Wu, Rudolf
- Abstract
An ultrastructural study of nuage–mitochondria complexes in spermatogonia of the sea urchin, Anthocidaris crassispina, was carried out. Release of mitochondrial contents into the cytoplasm was observed. The mitochondrial derivatives persisted as cristae-containing globules of friable material that subsequently contacted and integrated with nuage. The present ultrastructural findings agree with the results of other researchers who proposed that germ plasm substance probably produced by the nucleus is supplemented by the mitochondrial genome.
- Subjects
SEA urchins; MITOCHONDRIA; SPERMATOZOA
- Publication
Development, Growth & Differentiation, 2000, Vol 42, Issue 2, p139
- ISSN
0012-1592
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1440-169X.2000.00492.x