Volvox algae. Light micrograph of a colony of the freshwater green alga Volvox sp. The colony is a hollow sphere made up from thousands of cells conne

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Volvox algae. Light micrograph of a colony of the freshwater green alga Volvox sp. The colony is a hollow sphere made up from thousands of cells connected by cytoplasmic threads and arranged in a single layer. Each cell has two flagella, which point outwards, and are used for locomotion. Each cell also contains a green chloroplast and a red eyespot. The green spheres within the colony are daughter colonies. Microscopic contrast technique: differential interference contrast.

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Photo credit: © ROGELIO MORENO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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