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Science 29 November 1963:
Vol. 142. no. 3596, pp. 1169 - 1170
DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3596.1169
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Bending Waves of the Posterior Flagellum of Ceratium

C. J. Brokaw 1 and Leigh Wright 1

1 Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory, Corona del Mar, California, and Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

Flagellar bending waves, as shown by multiple-flash photomicrographs of the posterior flagellum of Ceratium, are not sine waves. The bent regions are circular arcs; these regions are separated by short segments without bending.


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