cilium
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The reason for this daytime-induced enhanced healing process appears to be from the relationship the 24-hour cycle has on the length of the primary cilium.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023
Depending on its position, a cilium can be more effected by its neighbor than vice versa, especially in a dense carpet of cilia as it frequently occurs in nature.
From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023
The current model is that cilia are attached to one another by “tip links,” structures which link the tips of one cilium to another.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
But almost all human cells also have one primary, or nonmotile, cilium that functions more like a molecular antenna.
From Scientific American • Dec. 10, 2014
The shorter cilium vibrates actively, and effects the locomotion of the organism, while the other trails behind; the whole body rolling on its axis with its pointed end forwards.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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Cell Biology - Middle School
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Cell Biology - High School
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