… the protein composition of the putative ancestral centriole to be inferred and for the evolutionary
history of the ciliary apparatus to be traced from the diversity in cytoskeletal components …

… light of evolution.” Here I attempt to summarize current knowledge of what ciliary organelles
… were like, explore the ways in which cilia have evolved since that time, and speculate on the …

… To uncover how divergent centrosomes are related to each other, we need to trace the
evolutionary history of MT organization. Careful assessment of cytoskeletal architecture in extant …

… called cilia and flagella is an ancient means of locomotion. Unicellular organisms evolved …
, often involving significant differences in flagella number, localisation and modes of actuation. …

… Evolutionary cell biologists have used morphological and molecular phenotypes to trace the
evolution of flagellar… a single evolutionary origin of the eukaryotic flagellum, an origin that …

… cilia field, with a focus on vertebrate centrosomes and cilia but referring to other systems
when necessary. We begin by discussing centriole architecture and the centriole … how cilia are …

… The first one concerns the evolutionary origin of the eukaryotic basal body–flagellum. In the
absence of any traces of previous attempts before the highly conserved structure in all extant …

… Here, we discuss evidence that the animal centrosome evolved, … functional modules: the
centriole/primary cilium module and the … Tracing back the evolution of centrosomes may provide …

… Here, we review the current knowledge on cilia structure diversity with a focus on the cilia
distal domain and caps and discuss how they affect cilia structure and function. …

The motile cilium is a complex organelle that is typically comprised of a 9+2 microtubule
skeleton; nine doublet microtubules surrounding a pair of central singlet microtubules. Like the …