Amoeboid movement
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amoeboid-movement-226-138142
title:
Amoeboid movement
text:
Amoeboid movement is the most typical mode of locomotion in adherent 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. One or more pseudopodia may be produced at a time depending on the organism, but all amoeboid movement is characterized by the movement of organisms with an amorphous form that possess no set motility structures. Movement occurs when the cytopla
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description:
Mode of locomotion in eukaryotic cells
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoeboid_movement
date created:
2009-05-12T18:54:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T20:31:09Z
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