Medical Definition of Haptonema
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| Filament extending between the paired flagella of certain unicellular algae (haptophytes). Supported by 6 or 7 microtubules (not in an axoneme like array) and apparently used for capturing prey in a manner analogous to the axopodia of heliozoa.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Haptonema
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