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Spermatids are released within the TE in Dlg1 knockdown testis: Time-lapse images of a ProtA-GFP/UAS-dsDlg1; PpY-Gal4>UAS-mCD8-RFP/+ depict retraction of an NB (green; arrow) from the HCC (red) even though the NB is not oriented away from the SV (arrowhead). As a result, the spermatids are released inside the testis.

Atypical septate junctions maintain the somatic enclosure around maturing spermatids and prevent premature sperm release in Drosophila testis

Pankaj Dubey, Tushna Kapoor, Samir Gupta, Seema Shirolikar, and Krishanu Ray

Biology Open 2019. 8:None-None; doi: 10.1242/bio.036939

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