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Extensions perform versatile cellular functions

Claim that chlorarachniophyte extensions have multiple functions including motility, predation, cell division, and organelle transport.

Confidence
80%
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Evidence Quote

“extensions ... participate in predation, motility, and possibly cell division ... perform cytoplasmic streaming of organelles”

Relationship

chlora extensions multifunction Motility and predation behaviors

Arguments

Chlorarachniophyte extensionssubject
Motility and predation behaviorsobject

Connections (8)

Involvement in cell divisionFactor
Bidirectional molecular transportFactor
Chlorarachniophyte extensions enable cellular motilityAssociation
Chlorarachniophyte extensions mediate prey captureAssociation
Chlorarachniophyte extensions support bidirectional molecular transportAssociation
Chlorarachniophyte extensions may be involved in cell divisionAssociation
Lotharella sp. extensions are light-dependentAssociation
Cytoskeletal specialization underlies extension-mediated cellular functionsInferenceChain