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Cilia are hair-like cellular structures with a whip-like motion. They are implicated in key life processes including fertilisation, fluid movement, and mucosal clearance in the human airways. Small planktonic organisms, that are critical to the health and sustainability of our marine ecosystems, often rely on cilia for swimming. These organelles have a conserved architecture that evolved over 1 billion years ago, yet they are highly versatile and can mediate swimming, fluid flow and even sensing in many different contexts. This remarkable ‘unity and diversity’ of cilia necessitates the need for cross-species study. This theme issue brings together biologists, biophysicists and mathematicians to highlight the range of systems in which motile cilia fulfil vital functions and explore novel interdisciplinary approaches.
This issue is based on a Royal Society Theo Murphy meeting held in March 2019, organised by Gáspár Jékely, Raymond Goldstein and Kirsty Wan.
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https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0148
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0153
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0159
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0164
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0157
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0149
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0393
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0152
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0167
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0160
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0154
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0165
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0161
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0566
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0156
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0163
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0376
Cover imageScanning electron microscopy image of a Nematostella vectensis larva. Image by Jürgen Berger.