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Fig. 2

From: Volvox and volvocine green algae

Fig. 2

Volvox carteri.a–d Light micrographs of vegetative phase Volvox carteri (Volvox) showing a mature pre-cleavage stage adult with the anterior (A) and posterior (P) poles labeled (a); a mother spheroid with juveniles (b); an isolated gonidium (c); a somatic cell from a mature pre-cleavage adult spheroid (d). The orange/brown-colored eyespot on the somatic cell is visible near the periphery at around 1 o'clock, and the parallel-oriented flagella are visible near 2 o'clock.  e. Light micrograph of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cell with flagella oriented to beat in opposite directions. This figure was adapted from [92] and reproduced here under Creative Commons Licence CC BY 4.0

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