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Fig. 63: Development - development of oral region in opisthe

The new oral region in the opisthe starts to form as an unorganized field of new basal bodies develops at the equator of the cell surface. At first these do not resemble membranelles although some basal bodies already have short cilia. lo mt, longitudinal microtubules; probb, probasal body; c, cilium. EM taken on 8/8/67 by R. Allen with Philips 200 TEM. Neg. 9,000X. Bar = 0.5µm.
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