Research Article

Morphology of Mitochondria in Syncytial Annelid Female Germ-Line Cyst Visualized by Serial Block-Face SEM

Table 1

Measurement of the volume of mitochondria and their comparison in the nurse cell and cytophore that were analyzed.

Nurse cellCytophore

Cytoplasm volume10,477.96 µm (12,241.4 cell volume−1,763.44 nucleus volume)1,916.66 µm

Volume of mitochondria964 µm221 µm

Percentage of volume of mitochondria per cytoplasm9.2%11.5%

~ Ratio of the mitochondria volume1 : 1.25