Simulating the effects of fluid viscosity on the behaviour of sperm flagella

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 17-18, 2001, Pages 1351-1365

  Brokaw, Charles J ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cilia; Dynein; Motility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYMES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

CILIA; DYNEIN; FLUID VISCOSITY; MOTILITY; SPERM FLAGELLA; SPERMATOZOA;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035950953     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mma.184     Document Type: Article

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