Individual cilia are typically attached to cell surfaces, where they sweep back and forth. A new study charts the behavioural space of the beating patterns of cilia isolated from the cell.
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Wan, K.Y. The beat of isolated cilia. Nat. Phys. 18, 234–235 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01502-5
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