The origin of flimmer inSaprolegnia, Dictyuchus, synuraandCryptomonas

Abstract
The endoplasmic reticulum of Saprolegnia, Dictyuchus, Synura and Cryptomonas may contain tubules less than 20 nm in diameter. In Saprolegnia these tubules have a maximum length of 1.6 µm, a wall of a single layer of colchicine-resistant, osmiophilic subunits, and a tapering end-piece. Flimmer hairs (flagellar hairs) are morphologically similar and are attached to the flagellum sheath by a tapering end-piece. It is suggested that Flimmer hairs are produced in cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum of the above organisms. Cryptomonas bears 2 rows of Flimmer hairs on one flagellum and a single row of shorter ones on the other.

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