Table 2.
Diameter and volumesa of flagella from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and of sperm from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
d b | V ma | V a | V l | V asm | V t | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. reinhardtii | 247 ± 13 | 3.66/76.3 | 0.70/14.6 | 0.43/9.1 | 4.09/85.4 | 4.79/100 |
S. purpuratus | 266 ± 13 | 4.31/77.4 | 0.81/14.5 | 0.45/8.1 | 4.76/85.5 | 5.57/100 |
Sub‐volumes in ×10−2 μm3/percentage of total volume V t.
Flagellar diameter d in nm.