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Fast calcium-dependent reorientation of motile cilia basal bodies in the simple metazoan, Trichoplax.
Marvin Léria, Moina-mkou Daroueche, Magali Barthélémy-Requin…·Andrea Pasini
This study shows that Trichoplax reorients its ciliary basal bodies rapidly in response to mechanical stimuli, requiring Ca2+ and revealing a new mechanism for directional motility in metazoans.
DOI 10.1101/2025.08.22.671430