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Differentiate a whiplash flagellum from a tinsel flagellum.

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The tinsel type of flagellum consist of lateral hair like structures along its length called the fimmers or the mastigonemes
The whiplash flagella do not contain any hair like structures, they are long and are made of three parts namely hook, filament and tip

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