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Transmission electron micrograph of longitudinal section through mouse spermatozoon showing characteristic hooked shape of sperm head and extremely compact DNA-protamine in the nucleus. Figure 117 from Chapter 4 (Nucleus) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. A PDF copy of the corresponding chapter is available on the ASCB's BioEDUCATE website. Research Data Curation Program, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/rdcp) Fawcett, Don W. (2021). CIL:11827, Mus musculus, sperm. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J03T9G19 Fawcett, Don W. "The Cell." 2nd ed., W.B. Saunders, 1981. https://www.ascb.org/career-development/teaching/don-fawcetts-the-cell/
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Nucleus organization Fertilization Sperm Nucleus Flagellum part Mus musculus Cell Image Library Group ID: 11224
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