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Fig. 3

From: A missense mutation in TUBD1 is associated with high juvenile mortality in Braunvieh and Fleckvieh cattle

Fig. 3

Transmission electron microscopy of respiratory cilia of BH2 homozygous animals. Motile cilia are characterized by a typical “9x2 + 2” architecture, i.e., nine outer microtubule doublets surrounding a central pair of microtubule. The TEM sections of respiratory cilia of bronchi from BV1 (a) and FV1 (b) revealed multiple ultrastructural defects including transposition defects of microtubuli and microtubular disorganization (arrows), absence of a central microtubule pair (circle), and loss of inner and/or outer dynein arms (arrowheads). Magnification of cilia with typical ultrastructural defects found in the respiratory tract of BV5 (c, d) and BV4 (e, f)

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