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flagella [flə′jel·ə] (biology) Relatively long, whiplike, centriole-based locomotor organelles on some motile cells. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Studies on the attachment of Leishmania flagella to sand fly midgut epithelium. So follow that ancestral line down, furry paw to scaly foot, amphibious foot to fin to tail to pseudopodia, flagella, and cilia. When the researchers shined a low-intensity visible light from the end of the track opposite the algae, the organisms swam toward the light, each cell beating its two flagella breaststroke-style. |
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