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Position of the Proximal Centriole in Flagellate Spermatozoa

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Gatenby and Mathur1 have recently published a preliminary report on their investigations an the spermatogenesis of Petrobius maritimus (Thysanura; Machiloidea); but unfortunately they have made a number of sweeping generalizations which we cannot accept.

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    VISHWA NATH, BRIJ L. GUPTA & L. C. MITTAT

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NATH, V., GUPTA, B. & MITTAT, L. Position of the Proximal Centriole in Flagellate Spermatozoa. Nature 186, 899–900 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186899a0

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