High Gradient Magnetic Fields move Chara statoliths.

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The typical behavior of statoliths in a rhizoid
The clumping and movement (lifting and sedimentation) of statoliths in a Chara rhizoid after latrunculin treatment.
Segmentation of cytoploasmic streaming in oryzalin-treated rhizoids


Statoliths in intact rhizoid

Sedimentation and clumping after latruculin treatment

Oryzalin effects on cytoplasmic streaming