Drosophila sperm development and intercellular cytoplasm sharing through ring canals do not require an intact fusome
Kaufman RS, Price KL, Mannix KM, Ayers KM, Hudson AM, Cooley L. Drosophila sperm development and intercellular cytoplasm sharing through ring canals do not require an intact fusome. Development 2020, 147: dev190140. PMID: 33033119, PMCID: PMC7687857, DOI: 10.1242/dev.190140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRing canalsSperm developmentPost-meiotic haploid spermatidsGerm cellsGermline ring canalsAnimal germ cellsQuality control surveillanceLarge cytoplasmic structuresCytoplasmic informationDiploid spermatogoniaHaploid spermatidsSpecialized organellesIncomplete cytokinesisIntercellular movementCell divisionEndogenous proteinsFusomeCytoplasmic structuresIntercellular bridgesMale fertilityIntercellular trafficSpermatogenesisCellsCytokinesisNormal conditions