The rotation is believed to be directly connected to the replication of the adjacent flagellum, as the daughter basal body will also rotate around the mother basal body in a timing and manner similar to the rotation of the kinetoplast.
A rotación crese que está conectada directamente coa replicación do flaxelo contiguo, xa que o corpo basal fillo rota tamén arredor do corpo basal parental nun momento e maneira similar á rotación do cinetoplasto.