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The Caenorhabditis elegans spe-21 gene that encodes a palmitoyltransferase is necessary for spermiogenesis.
Developmental biology - 1 Nov 2025
Suryanarayanan Saai, Chen Dawn S, Zuo Yamei, Gleason Elizabeth J, Zhu Zhaorong, L'Hernault Steven W, Krauchunas Amber, Singson Andrew
Abstract excerpt
In most animals, spermatids that are produced must further differentiate into fertilization-competent spermatozoa after completing meiosis. In Caenorhabditis elegans, this process is known as spermiogenesis or spermatid activation and it results in the transformation of round, non-motile spermati...
Topics
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Spermatogenesis
- Male
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
- Spermatids
- Acyltransferases
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Mutation
- Spermatozoa