Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We’re focusing today on a Journey to the Microcosmos favorite: the ciliates, the single-celled eukaryotes covered in hair-like structures called cilia. We want to be more self-centered and explore what ciliates have taught us about ourselves.

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SOURCES:
livescience.com/health/anatomy/how-many-cells-are-in-the-human-body-new-study-provides-an-answer
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5062323
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2022.847908/full
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.176.4034.473?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(00)80722-9
genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Telomere
nature.com/articles/nm1006-1133