Participation of testicular spermatids in development upon intracytoplasmic injection into eggs of the sawfly,Athalia rosae (Insecta, Hymenoptera)

Autor: Yoshikatsu Nishimori, Kugao Oishi, Masatsugu Hatakeyama
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: The Journal of Experimental Zoology. 286:181-192
ISSN: 1097-010X
0022-104X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(20000201)286:2<181::aid-jez10>3.0.co;2-2
Popis: Fertilization by intracytoplasmic injection of mature sperm into mature eggs has previously been achieved in the sawfly, Athalia rosae (Insecta, Hymenoptera). In the present study, we examined the potential of spermatids, premature male gametes, for participating in development. When round spermatids and elongating spermatids from pupal testes were injected into the anterior end of mature eggs, about 5% of the total injected eggs developed into chimeric embryos (independent participation in development of the egg and spermatid nuclei). Some of them developed further, hatched, and pupated, with 1-2% of the total injected eggs becoming haploid chimeric male adults in which both the egg-derived and injected spermatid-derived nuclei contributed to the germline. No fertilized embryos were obtained by these injections. Elongated spermatids (immature sperm) from newly eclosed adult male testes upon injection did produce fertilized embryos that developed into normal diploid females (about 7% of the total injected). These results indicate that insect spermatids (round and elongating) have the potential to participate in development, but only independently of the egg nucleus. J. Exp. Zool. 286:181-192, 2000.
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