A program for computer-assisted analysis for creeping behaviour of ciliates and similar two dimensional movement patterns

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-214

  Erra, Fabrizio ^a   Barbanera, Filippo ^a   Mori, Gualtiero ^a   Ricci, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Locomotion; Trackanalysis

Indexed keywords

CELL MOTION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GASTROTRICHA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032804793     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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