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. 1975 Aug;15(8):831–841. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(75)85857-7

Radiation damage to bull sperm motility. III. Further x-ray studies.

R Rikmenspoel
PMCID: PMC1334783  PMID: 1170903

Abstract

The results of previous radiation experiments, which indicated that the centriole serves as a control center for bull sperm motility, appear to be in conflict with experiments showing that the bull sperm flagellum is an autonomous oscillator. To resolve this conflict experiments were conducted to calibrate absolutely the dose-response curves for the radiation damage, and to measure the force production and the mechanochemical energy conversion after irradiation in bull sperm. The results indicate that the centriole acts as a mechanical anchor for the contractile fibers.

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