Question

Short note on Amoeboid Movement . (4 marks ) ​

Answer 1

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Amoeboid movement is the most common mode of locomotion in eukaryotic cells. It is a crawling-like type of movement accomplished by protrusion of cytoplasm of the cell involving the formation of pseudopodia ("false-feet") and posterior uropods. ... This type of movement has been linked to changes in action potential.

Answer 2

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• Amoeboid movement is a characteristic of Amoeba and human macrophages.

• It occurs when ectoplasm contracts to move endoplasm into pseudopodium.

• This contraction of the ectoplasm appears to be caused by. A. Sliding microtubules.