Biology Of Fertilization. Biology Of The Sperm

BIOLOGY OF FERTILIZATION Volume 2 Biology of the Sperm Edited by Charles B. Metz Institute for Molecular and Cellular Evolution University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida and Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, Massachusetts Alberto Monroy Stazione Zoologica Naples, Italy ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers) Orlando San Diego New York London Toronto Montreal Sydney Tokyo COPYRIGHT © 1985, BY ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL, INCLUDING PHOTOCOPY, RECORDING, OR ANY INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, WITHOUT PERMISSION IN WRITING FROM THE PUBLISHER. ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. Orlando, Florida 32887 United Kingdom Edition published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC. (LONDON) LTD. 24-28 Oval Road, London NW1 7DX Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under t i t l e : Biology of f e r t i l i z a t i o n . Includes indexes. 1. F e r t i l i z a t i o n (Biology) I I . Monroy, Alberto. [DNLM: 1. B615] 574.Γ66 QH485.B53 1984 ISBN 0-12-492601-0 (v. 1 : a l k . ISBN 0-12-492602-9 (v. 2 : alk. ISBN 0-12-492603-7 (v. 3 : a l k . PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 987654321 I . Metz, Charles B. F e r t i l i z a t i o n . QH 485 84-10982 paper) paper) paper Contributors Numbers in parentheses indicate the pages on which the authors' contributions begin. C. R. Austin* (121), Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom Baccio Baccetti (3), Istituto di Zoologia, Universita di Siena, Siena, Italy J. A. Callow* (389), Department of Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom Maureen E. Callow^ (389), Department of Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom M. Conti (59), Institute of Histology and General Embryology, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 00161 Rome, Italy L. V. Evans (389), Department of Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom Harvey M. Florman (341), Department of Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 R. Geremia (59), Institute of Histology and General Embryology, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 00161 Rome, Italy Jeffrey M. Grève (341), Department of Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 *Present address: 47 Dixon Road, Buderim, Queensland 4556, Australia. Present address: Department of Plant Biology, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom. *Present address: Department of Plant Biology, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom. + xi Xll CONTRIBUTORS Gerald L. Hazelbauer (237), Biochemistry/Biophysics Program, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 Motonori Hoshi (431), Department of Biology, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464, Japan Hiroshi Maruta (255), Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 Richard L. Miller (275), Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 Leonard Nelson (215), Department of Physiology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio 43699 Michael G. O'Rand (103), Laboratories for Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Floriana Rosati* (361), Istituto di Zoologia, Université di Siena, Siena, Italy Klaus Sander (409), Institut für Biologie I (Zoologie), Albert-LudwigsUniversität, D-7800 Freiburg i.Br., West Germany M. Stefanini (59), Institute of Histology and General Embryology, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 00161 Rome, Italy Lewis G. Tilney (157), Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Paul M. Wassarman (341), Department of Biologi