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The male gamete. The typical sperm of most animals has a head containing the nucleus and acrosome, a middle piece with the mitochondria, and a tail...



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Figure 1.Diagram of a human spermatozoon, based on electron micrographs.
From Encyclopedia article 'Sperm cell'
Figure 2.Forms of spermatozoa. (After C. R. Austin, Fertilization, Prentice Hall, 1965)
From Encyclopedia article 'Sperm cell'