ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2017
Cytoskeletal variations in an asymmetric cell division support diversity in nematode sperm size and sex ratios.
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- The kinase SPE-55 promotes localized assembly of the major sperm protein in Caenorhabditis elegans spermatocytes.Nature communications · 2026Article
- SPE-55 and VHA-18 are essential for FB-MO complex assembly and transport during spermatogenesis in C. elegans.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Origins of Self-Fertility in ThreeBiology · 2026Review
- Using abandoned model systems and historical literature to teach modern concepts and techniques in cell biology.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2025Article
- Sperm activation for fertilization requires robust activity of the TAT-5 lipid flippase.Developmental biology · 2025Article
- The Caenorhabditis elegans spe-21 gene that encodes a palmitoyltransferase is necessary for spermiogenesis.Developmental biology · 2025Article
- In situ quantification of ribosome number by electron tomography.Journal of microscopy · 2025Article
- Balancing selfing and outcrossing: the genetics and cell biology of nematodes with three sexual morphs.Genetics · 2025Review
- Non-Mendelian transmission of X chromosomes: mechanisms and impact on sex ratios and population dynamics in different breeding systems.Biochemical Society transactions · 2024Review
- The contribution of an X chromosome QTL to non-Mendelian inheritance and unequal chromosomal segregation in Auanema freiburgense.Genetics · 2024Article
- Mitopherogenesis, a form of mitochondria-specific ectocytosis, regulates sperm mitochondrial quantity and fertility.Nature cell biology · 2023Article
- Sperm bud mitochondria to adjust the numbers.Nature cell biology · 2023Article
- Widespread sex ratio polymorphism inRoyal Society open science · 2023Article
- Trioecy is maintained as a time-stable mating system in the pink sea urchin Toxopneustes roseus from the Mexican Pacific.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Lagging X chromatids specify the orientation of asymmetric organelle partitioning in XX spermatocytes of Auanema rhodensis.Genetics · 2022Article
- Sexual morph specialisation in a trioecious nematode balances opposing selective forces.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- Subcellular patterns of SPE-6 localization reveal unexpected complexities in Caenorhabditis elegans sperm activation and sperm function.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Article
- Fisher vs. the Worms: Extraordinary Sex Ratios in Nematodes and the Mechanisms that Produce Them.Cells · 2021Review
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Abstract
Asymmetric partitioning is an essential component of many developmental processes. As spermatogenesis concludes, sperm are streamlined by discarding unnecessary cellular components into cellular wastebags called residual bodies (RBs). During nematode spermatogenesis, this asymmetric partitioning event occurs shortly after anaphase II, and both microtubules and actin partition into a central RB. Here, we use fluorescence and transmission electron microscopy to elucidate and compare the intermediate steps of RB formation in
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