Food transport in the C. elegans pharynx

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2441-2457

  Avery, Leon ^a   Shtonda, Boris B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Feeding; Food transport; Hydrodynamic simulation; Nematode; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EATING; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EATING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHARYNX; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0043270437     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00433     Document Type: Article

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