Material properties of Caenorhabditis elegans swimming at low reynolds number

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 617-626

  Sznitman, J ^a,c   Purohit, Prashant K ^a   Krajacic, P ^b   Lamitina, T ^b   Arratia, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 77249177537     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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