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Outer microtubules in a cilium are generated from ______________(a) basal body(b) centromere(c) centrosome(d) nucleusThis question was addressed to me during an online interview.I would like to ask this question from Cytoskeleton topic in portion Cytoskeleton and Cell Motility of Cell Biology

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The correct answer is (a) BASAL body

The explanation is: The outer microtubules in cilia are generated from the microtubules CALLED a basal body. The basal body resides at the BASE of the cilium and these are IDENTICAL to centrioles.



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