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OpenStudy (anonymous):

is flagella found in plant cells, animal cells, or both?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Flagella are found only in bacterial cell.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

And some unicellular organisms.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

welcome

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sperm cell has flagella

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Actually sperm have flagella so they occur in animal cells not plant cells. hope this helps! ===bioboumani===

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so not just in bacteria, checking on plants but pretyy sure they dont

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You mean the tail found at the end of the sperm is flagella? I never knew that!!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it certainly is

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and we have this... Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a single celled green alga about 10 micrometres in diameter that swims with two flagella. They have a cell wall made of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins, a large cup-shaped chloroplast, a large pyrenoid, and an "eyespot" that senses light.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

non-vascular plants like bryophytes, ferns and phylum cycadophyta and phylum ginkgophyta of gymnospermae have flagellated sperms.

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