Litonotus dividing

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Litonotus dividing

#1 Post by janvangastel » Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:30 am

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#2 Post by Bruce Taylor » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:28 pm

Splendid! It's always fascinating to see how the mother and daughter cells continue to move as one, even after they are mostly separated.
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#3 Post by janvangastel » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:42 pm

Yes, when I was editing the video I was wondering if there was some known mechanism that makes them move together so smoothly.
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Re: Litonotus dividing

#4 Post by Bruce Taylor » Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:16 pm

janvangastel wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:42 pm
 Yes, when I was editing the video I was wondering if there was some known mechanism that makes them move together so smoothly.
Yes, it's quite interesting. In the final moments of your video, the two cells recoil at exactly the same moment, as if they were still one organism, despite the fact that their cytoplasms are now isolated.
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#5 Post by janvangastel » Tue Dec 01, 2020 7:38 am

Yes, I noticed that. I thought that maybe the 'breaking' of the last part of contact caused a kind of startle response.
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Re: Litonotus dividing

#6 Post by Chris Dee » Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:09 am

Nice catch, well done.
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