Male reproductive tract cilia beat to a different drummer [Cell Biology]

From early embryonic development through adulthood, cilia play crucial roles in unicellular to multicellular organisms. Current taxonomy classifies cilia as two types: motile (conventional) and nonmotile. Motile cilia possess the classic 9 + 2 organization of microtubules, typical of multiciliated epithelia and spermatozoon flagellum, whereas nonmotile cilia characteristically lack the...

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