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Ultrastructural investigation of the flagellar root system ofAcetabularia gametes reveals one type of organization for both male and female gametes. There is a modified cruciate system with four microtubular bands X-2-X-2, with X=4. A prominent distal striated fiber and a small proximal striated fiber connect the flagellar bases. A striated root fiber type I underlies the microtubular root type II, and a short striated root fiber type I underlies the microtubular root type I (terminology ofMelkonian 1980 b). This specific root system has some details in common with theChlamydomonas type, and others with theUlvaphyceae and the siphonalean algaeDerbesia andBryopsis. This might indicate the phylogenetic relationships.
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Herth, W., Heck, B. & Koop, H.U. The flagellar root system in the gamete ofAcetabularia mediterranea . Protoplasma 109, 257–269 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01287446
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