Assertion: ciliate's cilium | /r/CapableOf | join into tuft
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text: The cilia are sometimes organized into more elaborate structures such as cirri (several cilia joined into a tuft or "leg") or membranelles (a row of fused cilia functioning as a single membrane).
text: The cilia are sometimes organized into more elaborate structures such as cirri (several cilia joined into a tuft or "leg") or membranelles (a row of fused cilia functioning as a single membrane).All cilates possess two types of nucleus -- the macronucleus, which mediates the day-to-day functioning of the cell, and the micronucleus, of which there may be more than one, which contains the chromosomes and is involved in the sexual processes (conjugation, autogamy, cytogamy) undergone by ciliates.