Bioconvective pattern formation of Tetrahymena under altered gravity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3349-3359

  Mogami, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamane, Akiko ^a   Gino, Atsuko ^a   Baba, Shoji A ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altered gravity; Behavioral mutant; Bioconvection; Pattern formation; Pattern spacing; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GRAVITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TETRAHYMENA; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CENTRIFUGATION; CONVECTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GRAVITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRAHYMENA;

TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 5344258301     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01167     Document Type: Article

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