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InCryptomonas ovata, long, dorsal flagella are produced which transform during the following cell division into short, ventral flagella. At division there is a reorientation in cell polarity, and the parental basal apparatus, which comprises the basal bodies and associated roots, is distributed to the daughter cells via a complex sequence of events. Flagellar apparatus development includes the transformation of a four-stranded microtubular root into a mature root of different structure and function. Each newly formed basal body nucleates new microtubular roots, but receives a striated fibrous root from a parental basal body. The striated roots are originally produced on the transforming basal body and are “transferred” to the new basal bodies at each successive division. The development of the asymmetric flagellar apparatus throughout the cell cycle is described.
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Perasso, L., Hill, D.R.A. & Wetherbee, R. Transformation and development of the flagellar apparatus ofCryptomonas ovata (Cryptophyceae) during cell division. Protoplasma 170, 53–67 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01384457
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