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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 9.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Microbiol. 2009;63:10.1146/annurev.micro.091208.073353. doi: 10.1146/annurev.micro.091208.073353

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Trypanosoma brucei as a model system for flagellum structure and function studies. Artistic representation of the trypanosome, emphasizing the evolutionarily conserved character of the 9 + 2 flagellar axoneme, with various ciliated organisms representing the radial spokes. (Clockwise from top: Ciona intestinalis, Danio rerio, Drosophila melanogaster, Gallus gallus, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Homo sapiens, Caenorhabditis elegans, Mus musculus, and Asterias forbesi.) The paraflagellar rod, unique to trypanosomes, is not shown.