The physical nature of life

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 96, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 355-362

  Kalmijn, Ad J ^a   Gonzalez, Ivan Fernando ^a   McClune, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal electricity; Electromagnetic orientation; Negative conductance; Positive feedback; Prey detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOPHYSICS; CYBERNETICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRORECEPTOR; ION CONDUCTANCE; LIFE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREY; REVIEW; SHARK; TORPEDO;

EID: 0041823527     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(03)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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