Lithocytes are transported along the ciliary surface to build the statolith of ctenophores

Curr Biol. 2014 Oct 6;24(19):R951-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.045.

Authors

Naoki Noda¹, Sidney L Tamm²

Affiliations

¹ Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA; Department of Life Science, Gakushuin University, Mejiro 1-5-1, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 171-8588, Japan. Electronic address: naokinoda@gmail.com.
² Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA; Biology Department, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: tamm@bu.edu.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Animals
Biomechanical Phenomena
Cilia / physiology
Ctenophora / growth & development*
Gravity Sensing
Sense Organs / growth & development
Sense Organs / physiology

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