Chaotic behavior in the locomotion of Amoeba proteus

Protoplasma

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 66-70

  Miyoshi, H ^a   Kagawa, Y ^a   Tsuchiya, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amoeba proteus; Chaos; Correlation dimension; Lyapunov spectrum; Random motion

Indexed keywords

CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

AMOEBA PROTEUS;

EID: 0035047979     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02680132     Document Type: Article

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