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The number of microtubules in a flagellum including those sharing three protofilaments with each other is

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11
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20
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22
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10
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Solution

The correct option is B 20
The shaft of cilia and flagella consists of an external sheath, semi fluid matrix and an axoneme. Axoneme has 9+2 fibrillar arrangement, comprising of nine peripheral doublet fibrils and two central singlet fibrils, central sheath, linkers and spokes. The 9+2 fibrillar arrangement means that there are a total of 20 microtubules.

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