A model of network formation by Physarum plasmodium: Interplay between cell mobility and morphogenesis

BioSystems

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-112

  Niizato, Takayuki ^a   Shirakawa, Tomohiro ^b   Gunji, Yukio Pegio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Autopoiesis; Physarum polycephalum

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLIME MOULD;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 77952956801     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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