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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2017

Ultrastructure alterations induced by gamma irradiation in spermiogenesis of the ground beetle, Blaps sulcata: reference to environmental radiation protection.

Dalia Kheirallah, Lamia El-Samad, Naglaa Fahmi, Wafaa Osman

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Deciphering Differential Life Stage Radioinduced Reproductive Decline inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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Dalia KheirallahDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21568, Egypt.
Lamia El-SamadDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21568, Egypt.
Naglaa FahmiDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21568, Egypt.
Wafaa OsmanDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21568, Egypt. wa.osman@gmail.com.
Alexandria University · EG

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Abstract

Ultrastructure alterations in spermiogenesis of the ground beetle, Blaps sulcata (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) were studied in normal adult males and in two male groups irradiated by gamma rays of 3 and 16 μSv/h dose rate. Ultrastructure examination of irradiated sperms revealed many alterations both in the head and in the flagellum regions of mature sperm. Alterations of the head region included nuclei with uncondensed chromatin materials and irregular nuclear envelope. Abnormal flagella contained malformed mitochondrial derivatives and damaged axonemes in addition to the absence of accessory bodies. Bi- and multi-flagellate sperms (with two, three, and four axonemes) were the most common alterations. Sperm cells with residual bodies were also obtained. Agglutinated sperms and sperms with enlarged and/or vacuolated cytoplasm were common. Sperm abnormalities were more pronounced in males irradiated by 16 μSv/h dose rate than those irradiated by 3 μSv/h. Spermiogenesis alterations induced by irradiation of B. sulcata may be used as a monitoring model for predicting the effects of environmental radioactivity.

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Radiation ProtectionAnimalsColeopteraEnvironmental MonitoringGamma RaysMaleSpermatogenesisMonitoring modelRadiation effectsSpermiogenesisTenebrionid beetlesUltrastructure alterations

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