Question

Which of the trypanosoma losts free flagellum

Answer 1

Explanation:

The single flagellum of Trypanosoma brucei has been unveiled as a key ... Mutant cells lacking a flagellum lost polarityThe flagellum follows a helical path around the cell and lateral attachment of the flagellum to the cell enables the flagellar wave to be directly transmitted to the cell body, causing the entire body to rotate as it moves, effectively turning the trypanosome into a microbial corkscrew.

For example, in Leishmania and Trypanosoma cruzi the invasion of mammalian cells involves drastic shortening or loss of the flagellum, which is achieved by asymmetric division to produce an amastigote daughter cell from a progenitor with a long flagellum