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axoneme
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ax·o·neme  (ks-nm)
n.
1. The bundle of fibrils that constitutes the central core of a cilium or flagellum.
2. The axial thread of a chromosome.

[Greek axn, axis + Greek nma, thread; see (s)n- in Indo-European roots.]

axo·nemal adj.


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However, sperms of fish caught from the polluted sites showed variable deformations including: changes in head morphology, incomplete chromatin condensation, malformed middle piece, altered axonemal structure, wavy and sometimes ruptured plasma membrane, head-to-head and head-to-tail sperm agglutinations.
Characterization of the sleepy sperm mutant in the fern Ceratopteris richardii: A new model for the study of axonemal function.
The proven causes of isolated asthenospermia include artifactual asthenospermia, axonemal defects (immotile cilia syndrome), protein-carboxyl methylase (PCM) deficiency, anti-sperm antibody, necrospermia, and culture-proven infection (19).
 
 
 
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