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   mastigoneme
   Small hair-like filaments found on the 'hairy' flagellum of the Chromista.
   Found op http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary_4.html
   
   
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   mastigoneme
   <biology> Lateral projections from eukaryotic flagella. May be stiff and alter the hydrodynamics of flagellar propulsion or flexible and alter the effective diameter of the flagellum (flimmer filaments). ... (05 Jan 1998) ...
   Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?mastigoneme
   
   
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   mastigoneme
   (from the article `protist`) ...structure, presumably anchoring the flagellum to the organism`s body, is known as the basal body or kinetosome. The membrane of the cilium or ... ...organelle in the direction of the wave. The speed of movement is determined by the length of the flagellum and by the s...
   Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/47
   
   

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