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Variational modularity at the cell level: insights from the sperm head of the house mouse

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Title
Variational modularity at the cell level: insights from the sperm head of the house mouse
Published in
BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2148-13-179
Pubmed ID
24004811
Authors

Nuria Medarde, Francesc Muñoz-Muñoz, María López-Fuster, Jacint Ventura

Abstract

Modularity is an important feature in the evolvability of organisms, since it allows the occurrence of complex adaptations at every single level of biological systems. While at the cellular level the modular organization of molecular interactions has been analyzed in detail, the phenotypic modularity (or variational modularity) of cell shape remains unexplored. The mammalian spermatozoon constitutes one of the most complex and specialized cell types found in organisms. The structural heterogeneity found in the sperm head suggests an association between its inner composition, shape and specificity of function. However, little is known about the extent of the connections between these features. Taking advantage of the house mouse sperm morphology, we analyzed the variational modularity of the sperm head by testing several hypotheses related to its structural and functional organization. Because chromosomal rearrangements can affect the genotype-phenotype map of individuals and thus modify the patterns of covariation between traits, we also evaluate the effect of Robertsonian translocations on the modularity pattern of the sperm head.

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Country Count As %
Serbia 1 5%
Unknown 21 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 6 27%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 23%
Researcher 4 18%
Student > Postgraduate 2 9%
Professor 1 5%
Other 3 14%
Unknown 1 5%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 50%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 18%
Environmental Science 2 9%
Computer Science 2 9%
Physics and Astronomy 1 5%
Other 2 9%

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