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Basal body, a Common card
A basal body, basal granule, or kinetosome, and in older literature blepharoplast, is a protein complex structure found at the base of a cilium, a eukaryotic flagellum or a bacterial flagellum.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 88
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,000
Power 88 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Basal body quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Basal body card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The basal body was named by Theodor Wilhelm ______ in 1880.
Answer
Engelmann. The basal body was named by Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann in 1880. From the Basal body article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Paul Bairoch. Paul Bairoch 64 · Basal body 57 · ROKS Sejong the Great 54 · Butter knife 50 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
BMW B38 engine. BMW B38 engine 46,000 · Butter knife 20,000 · ROKS Sejong the Great 12,000 · Basal body 6,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The basal body was named by Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann in 1880.
- It is formed from a centriole and several additional protein structures, and is, essentially, a modified centriole.
- The basal body serves as a nucleation site for the growth of the axoneme microtubules.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Basal body article was read about 6,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Basal body
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Basal body (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Franciscosp2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
