Definition of biflagellate in US English:
biflagellate
adjectivebīˈflajəlitbīˈflajəlit
Having two flagella.
various types of biflagellate spermatozoa
Example sentencesExamples
- Flagellar length in the unicellular, biflagellate, green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is tightly regulated.
- Once the reproductive phase has been completed, the daughter cells differentiate as biflagellate cells, escape from the mother-cell wall, and swim away.
- It has been suggested that the small DNA amounts and low C-value variation are linked to the biflagellate nature of bryophyte sperm cells.
- Around 2000 biflagellate somatic cells are uniformly distributed over the surface of a transparent gelatinous sphere, with 16 larger asexual reproductive cells, known as gonidia, lying beneath the surface.
- The unicellular biflagellate green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii can perceive light and respond by altering its swimming behavior.