Phillips, David (2021). CIL:11467, Glis glis, spermatid. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0MS3RJC

The midpiece of spermatzoa in nearly all vertebrates is enclosed in a sheath of mitochondria, which provide a ready source of ATP necessary for sperm motility. Here, a longitudinal section through spermatozoa of the dormouse, Glis glis, shows elongate mitochondria arranged end to end in a helix, an organization common in mammals. This image by David Phillips is Figure 261 from Chapter 7 (Mitochondria) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. A PDF copy of the accompanying chapter is available on the ASCB's BioEDUCATE website.

• 2021

• Phillips, David

Preparation: crosslinking-fixative fixed tissue; embedded tissue
Relation to intact cell: microtome-sectioned tissue
Item type: transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Imaging mode: illumination by electrons; detection of electrons
Parameter imaged: electron density
Source of contrast: stain with broad specificity
Data qualification: Processed

• Cell Image Library Group ID: 11085

• Glis glis

• Axonemal microtubule
• Axoneme
• Mitochondrial crista
• Mitochondrial inner membrane
• Mitochondrial outer membrane
• Mitochondrion
• Spermatid

• ATP biosynthetic process
• Oxidative phosphorylation
• Sperm motility

• data
• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Samplenumber: 11467

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J0MS3RJC

Source data

• Source Record in the Cell Image Library: https://doi.org/10.7295/W9CIL11467

Other resource

• Fawcett, Don W. "The Cell." 2nd ed., W.B. Saunders, 1981, ISBN 0721635849. https://www.ascb.org/career-development/teaching/don-fawcetts-the-cell/

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2022-08-12