Abstract
An alteration of the form and ultrastructure of the tips of the flagella of Chlamydomonas eugametos, occurring during sexual agglutination, is shown to be persistent in the mt - flagella of the resulting vis-à-vis pairs. It is argued that this phenomenon is related to the lack of motility of mt - flagella in vis-à-vis pairs of this species.
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Crabbendam, K.J., Nanninga, N., Musgrave, A. et al. Flagellar tip activation in vis-à-vis pairs of Chlamydomonas eugametos . Arch. Microbiol. 138, 220–223 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00402124
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