More about cellulose in Oiks.

diff --git a/tags/cellulose.mdwn b/tags/cellulose.mdwn
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@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@ gene is found as an independent copy and as a domain of _CesA_ in Tunicates
 ([[Inoue, Nakashima and Satoh, 2019|biblio/30974905]]).  In _Oikopleura_,
 GHC6-1 lacks a conserved catalytic aspartate ([[Li and coll., 2020|biblio/32823766]]).
 
+In _Oikopleura_, the structure of cellulose fibers is triclinic I(α) in larval
+stages and monoclinic I(β) in the house.  This correlates with the expression
+of _Od-CesA1_ and _Od-CesA2_ respectively.  The expression of _Od-CesA2_ might
+be cyclic ([[Nakashima and coll., 2011|biblo/20972815]]).
+
 [[!inline pages="tagged(cellulose)" limit=0]]