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KMID : 0381919990290010001
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Korean Journal of Microscopy
1999 Volume.29 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.10
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Morphological Comparison of Spermatozoa in the Korean Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum korai) and Long-Fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersi fuliginosus)
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Kim Sang-Sick
Lee Jung-Hun
Son Sung-Won
Choi Byung-Jin
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Abstract
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The aim of the present study was to investigate with transmission electron misroscope the comparative morphology of epididymal spermatozoa in two species of the Korean insectivorous bats belonging to ’’prolonged sperm storage’’ type (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum korai) and ’’delayed implantation’’ type (Miniopterus schreibersi fuliginosus). Sperm head of the R. ferrumequinum korai was bullet shaped and that of M. schreibersi fuliginosus was spatula shaped. The nuclei of the sperm head of the R. ferrumequinum korai and M. schreibersi fuliginosus occupied two-third and a half of it, respectively. The segmented columns of R. ferrumequinum korai were about 12 to 14 in number, and those of the M. schreibersi fuligincsus were about 10 to 12. Particularly, a pile of the satellite fibers in middle piece of R. ferrumequinum korai remained the inner aspect of the outer dense fibers, but those of the M. schreibersi fuliginosus were not.
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KEYWORD
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Satellite fiber, Segmented column, Spermatozoa
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