Set of two basal bodies found in Giardia species (trophozoite stage). It comprises the anterior and ventral basal bodies located to the right of the left nucleus of the trophozoite when viewed dorsally. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16607022 GOC:giardia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5961344 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A9780124260207 ]
Term information
Due to the asymmetric nature of the Giardia trophozoite, this term is defined spatially as the trophozoite is viewed from the dorsal side, with the two nuclei dorsal to the ventral disc, and the ventral disc toward the anterior.
Term relations
- cellular anatomical structure
- part of some cell projection
- has part some left anterior basal body
- has part some left ventral basal body