From individual to collective behavior of unicellular organisms: Recent results and open problems

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1167, Issue , 2009, Pages 3-14

  Xue, Chuan ^a   Othmer, Hans G ^b   Erban, Radek ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70450239771     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3246413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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