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Photomotile Responses in Flagellates

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Photoreception and Sensory Transduction in Aneural Organisms

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The photomovement of flagellates provides us with excellent model systems for investigating sensory-transduction pathways. The responses to light are rapid and dramatic, and they show a fascinating degree of diversity. (See recent reviews by Forward, Hand, Feinleib, Lenci and Colombetti, Hader, Nultsch and Hader, Diehn; 1-7). After summarizing some general features of flagellate photo- responses, this chapter will examine the behavior of three flagellates that show diverse photomovement “strategies”: Euglena, Volvox and Chalmydomonas.

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Feinleib, M.E. (1980). Photomotile Responses in Flagellates. In: Lenci, F., Colombetti, G. (eds) Photoreception and Sensory Transduction in Aneural Organisms. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 33. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9164-1_3

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