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flagella /fla·gel·la/ (flah-jel´ah) [L.] plural of flagellum. flagella (fl  je´l), n.pl hairlike projections that extend from some unicellular organisms and aid in their movement. flagella see flagellum. |
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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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