Graviperception and graviorientation in flagellates

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Häder, Donat P ^a   Hemmersbach, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Euglena; Flagellates; Graviperception (threshold); Gravireceptor; Gravitaxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0030773921     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00008118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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