Measurement of frequency and metachronal wavelength of ciliary beating by dynamic light scattering and differential interference contrast microscopy

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Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 178-180

  Wessel, Th ^a   Frenz, M ^a   Ricka J ^a   Gerber, V ^b   Im Hof, V ^b   Aeschimann, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Biel   (Switzerland)

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EID: 28844479230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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