Biophysics: A self-organized vortex array of hydrodynamically entrained sperm cells

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5732, 2005, Pages 300-303

  Riedel, Ingmar H ^a   Kruse, Karsten ^b   Howard, Jonathon ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; CELLS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SURFACES; VORTEX FLOW;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL SIGNALS; DYNAMIC VORTICES; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERN;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; SPERM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWIMMING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CELL COUNT; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; STATISTICS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL COUNT; DIFFUSION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 22144447869     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1110329     Document Type: Article

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