Journal article
Sperm of Doradidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)
Tissue & cell, v 43(1), pp 8-23
01 Feb 2011
PMID: 21163506
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Abstract
Spermatic characteristics were studied in 10 species representing several distinct groups within the catfish family Doradidae. Interestingly, different types of spermatogenesis, spermiogenesis and spermatozoa are correlated with intrafamilial groups previously proposed for Doradidae. Semi-cystic spermatogenesis, modified Type Ill spermiogenesis, and biflagellate sperm appear to be unique within Doradidae to the subfamily Astrodoradinae. Other doradid species have sperm with a single flagellum, cystic spermatogenesis, and spermiogenesis of Type I (Pterodoras granulosus, Rhinodoras dorbignyi), Type I modified (Oxydoras kneri), or Type III (Trachydoras paraguayensis). Doradids have an external mode of fertilization, and share a few spermatic characteristics, such as cystic spermatogenesis, Type I spermiogenesis and uniflagellate sperm, with its sister group Auchenipteridae, a family exhibiting sperm modifications associated with insemination and internal fertilization. Semi-cystic spermatogenesis and biflagellate spermatozoa are also found in Aspredinidae, and corroborate recent proposals that Aspredinidae and Doradoidea (Doradidae + Auchenipteridae) are sister groups and that Astrodoradinae occupies a basal position within Doradidae. The co-occurrence in various catfish families of semi-cystic spermatogenesis and either biflagellate spermatozoa (Aspredinidae, Cetopsidae, Doradidae, Malapturidae, Nematogenyidae) or uniflagellate sperm with two axonemes (Ariidae) reinforces the suggestion that such characteristics are correlated. Semi-cystic spermatogenesis and biflagellate sperm may represent ancestral conditions for Loricarioidei and Siluroidei of Siluriformes as they occur in putatively basal members of each suborder, Nematogenyidae and Cetopsidae, respectively. However, if semi-cystic spermatogenesis and biflagellate sperm are ancestral for Siluriformes, cystic spermatogenesis and uniflagellate sperm have arisen independently in multiple lineages including Diplomystidae, sister group to Siluroidei. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Sperm of Doradidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)
- Creators
- I. Quagio-Grassiotto - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)R. J. Ortiz - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)M. H. Sabaj Perez - Acad Nat Sci Philadelphia, Dept Ichthyol, Philadelphia, PA 19103 USAC. Oliveira - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
- Publication Details
- Tissue & cell, v 43(1), pp 8-23
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 16
- Grant note
- Brazilian Agency: FAPESP (Fundacao de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo); Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000288637500002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79751532609
- Other Identifier
- 991019330625904721
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