Measurement of cell velocity distributions in populations of motile algae

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1203-1216

  Vladimirov, V A ^a   Wu, M S C ^b   Pedley, T J ^c   Denissenko, P V ^a   Zakhidova, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas nivalis; Laser based tracking; Motility; Swimming direction; Unicellular algae; Velocity distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLAMYDOMONAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LASER; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; LASERS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS NIVALIS;

EID: 1942508836     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00881     Document Type: Article

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