
%0 Journal Article
%A Breed, WG 
%A Sarafis, V 
%T Variation in Sperm Head Morphology in the Australian Rodent Notomys alexis
%J Australian Journal of Zoology
%D 1983/06/01
%V 31
%N 3
%P 313-316
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9830313
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9830313 
%X Scanning electron microscopy of the sperm head of the hopping-mouse indicates considerable variability in shape, much of which is probably due to the fragility of the acrosome. However, fluorescence microscopy of the sperm after staining with 4'-6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) indicates some nuclear variability as well. Such polymorphism in sperm head morphology is unusual in mammals; its functional significance remains to be determined. 
