Imaging cilia coordination (VIDEO)

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The researchers used their new technique to map and quantify cilia location, beat frequency, and motile coordination (metachronal wave) through tissue layers in the fallopian tube of a living mouse with micro-scale spatial resolution. The video captures a cilia metachronal wave.

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Tian Xia and Irina V. Larina, Baylor College of Medicine

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