Table 2.
Ultrastructural parameters of sperm used for comparisons of species.
| Mitochondrial derivatives | Paracrystalline material | Axoneme | 64 sperm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species |
Granules |
Same size |
Different size |
Largest derivative |
Smallest derivative |
9 + 9 + 2 |
per cyst |
| Zaprionus africanus | + | – | + | + | + | + | + |
| Zaprionus camerounensis | + | – | + | + | + | + | + |
| Zaprionus davidi | – | – | + | – | – | + | + |
| Zaprionus gabonicus | + | – | + | + | + | + | + |
| Zaprionus megalorchis | + | – | + | + | + | + | + |
| Zaprionus tuberculatus | + | – | + | – | – | + | + |
| Zaprionus indianus*1 | + | – | + | + | + | + | + |
| Zaprionus sepsoides*1 | + | – | + | + | + | + | + |
| Drosophila willistoni | – | – | + | + | + | + | + |
| Drosophila melanogaster*2,3 | na | – | + | + | – | + | + |
| Drosophila simulans*4 | na | – | + | + | – | + | + |
| Drosophila cardini*2 | na | – | + | + | – | + | – |
| Drosophila dunni*2 | na | – | + | + | – | + | – |
| Drosophila hydei*2,5 | na | – | + | + | + | + | – |
| Drosophila subobscura*6,7 | na | – | + | – | – | + | – |
| Scaptodrosophila latifasciaeformis | + | – | + | + | + | + | + |
Note.
1Rego et al. (2013), *2Mojica et al. (2000), *3Noguchi and Miller (2003), *4Pasini et al. (1996), *5 Henning (1992), *6Ramamurthy et al. (1980), *7Hauschteck-Junguen and Maurer (1976), na: not analyzed.