title: [Maturation of ram spermatozoa. Preliminary study of the flagellar movemnent characteristic of the transitory forms of the epididymal corpus].
abstract: Mammalian spermatozoa acquire the ability to move forward during epididymal maturation and the corpus occurs as a critical region where all the patterns of movements can be observed: immature, 'erratic' and mature. The absence of coordination of the flagellar movement of the transitory forms provides a difference in the initiation sites and the waves propagation between the two sides of the axonema. The mechanisms that may be required to activate selectively the tubulin-dynein system on the two sides of the flagellum during the initiation of the movement of immature sperm in mammals are unknown.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie Comparée, Faculté des Sciences, Tours, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chevrier
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dacheux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004822:Epididymis / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010784:Photomicrography; D012756:Sheep; D013079:Sperm Maturation; D013081:Sperm Motility
vernacular_title: Maturation des spermatozoïdes de bélier. Etude préliminaire du mouvement flagellaire caractéristique des formes de transition du corps de l'épididyme.