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Fig. 16: enlargement of striated band

Striated bands (sb) in a transverse ridge (in which kinetodesmal fibers are lacking) at high magnification. The longer band has seven stripes rather than five as in the shorter band. This suggests three regions of overlap rather than two. The filaments may have a set length so that for longer distances two sets of overlapping filaments may be needed to span the distance between the filaments arising from the epiplasm. gf, granulo-fibrillar material; il, infraciliary lattice; tr mt, transverse microtubular band. EM taken on 2/21/69 by R. Allen with Philips 300 TEM. Neg. 47,100X. Bar = 0.1µm.
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