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(D) The axoneme of both cilia and flagella consists of a core called the axoneme,which possesses a number of microtubules running parallel to the long

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(D) The axoneme of both cilia and flagella consists of a core called the axoneme,which possesses a number of microtubules running parallel to the long axis. The axoneme usually has nine pairs of doublets of radially arranged peripheral microtubules and a pair of centrally located microtubules. This arrangement is known as the $9+2$ array. Therefore,both cilia and flagella share this structural organization.

It possesses two central and nine peripheral microtubule doublets.

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