Random network peristalsis in Physarum polycephalum organizes fluid flows across an individual

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 13306-13311

  Alim, Karen ^a   Amselem, Gabriel ^a,b   Peaudecerf, François ^a   Brenner, Michael P ^a   Pringle, Anne ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acellular; Fungi; Myxomycete

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID FLOW; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACELLULAR; FUNGI; MYXOMYCETE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOPLASM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERISTALSIS; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 84882327484     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305049110     Document Type: Article

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