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What are contractile vacuoles?

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Contractile vacuoles:

  1. The contractile vacuole is an osmoregulatory organelle found amongst the Amoeba.
  2. This controls the water balance by releasing or accumulating water into the cell or out of it.
  3. They perform in a periodic manner by expanding while collection and contracting during release.

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