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Pseudopodial Movements of Foraminifera

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WORK of recent years has done much to elucidate the protoplasmic changes accompanying amœboid movement. The endoplasmic streaming which is the most striking feature in the pseudopodium of an amœba is not, however, present in most other rhizopods in which locomotion by creeping is less well developed, and it seems that the time is ripe for a careful re-examination of the different types of pseudopodia.

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SANDON, H. Pseudopodial Movements of Foraminifera. Nature 133, 761–762 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133761b0

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