| About this document (click for more) Abstract: 9-pointed star in microscopic images of the algae Chlamydomonas, electron-microscope enlarged structures that appear to form key Baha'i symbols. Notes: For more information on this algae, see the Chlamydomonas Genetics Center. This entire issue can be downloaded as a PDF (2.9MB)
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Nine-pointed star in microscopic images of the algae Chlamydomonas
by T. Cavalier-Smith
published in Journal of Cell Science, 16:3, page 552Cambridge University Press, 1974-12
These images are cross-section views of the flagella of the algae chlamydomonas. These are magnified by an electron microscope 120,000 times. They have a remarkable similarity to the 9-pointed star symbolic of the Bahá'í Faith, and further the tip of each star appears like the Arabic letter há, familiar to Bahá'ís from the ringstone symbol.
From "Basal Body and Flagellar Development during the Vegetative Cell Cycle and the Sexual cycle of Chlamydomonas Reinhardii".
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- Transverse section through the distal part of the transitional region. That part of the annular connexion lying between the outer doublets and the membrane is not homogeneous but contains densities placed in pairs (arrows) opposite each doublet outer projection. x120,000
- Transverse section through the proximal part of the transitional region's basal cylindar. Doublet outer projections and paired densities are present, and B-tubules knobs can be seen clearly in places (arrows). The flagellar surface coat is very well preserved. x120,000
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