DescriptionGeometry and locomotion of Gonium pectorale 2.png
English: Geometry and locomotion of Gonium pectorale
(a) Sixteen-cell colony. Each cell has two flagella, 30–40 μm long. Scale bar is 10 μm. (b) Schematic of a colony of radius a: sixteen cells (green) each with one eye spot (orange dot). The cis flagellum is closest to the eye spot, the trans flagellum is furthest [21]. Flagella of the central cells beat in an opposing breaststoke, while the peripheral flagella beat in parallel. The pinwheel organization of the peripheral flagella leads to a left-handed body rotation at a rate ω3.
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