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| BARREN ORTHOGONAL BASAL BODY | |||||
Some flagellated taxa have motile cells with basal bodies that do not have attached flagella. Such basal bodies are called barren. The orientation of the basal bodies relative to each other can be varied. Orthogonal basal bodies occur at right angles to each other.