High-Speed Video Cinematographic Demonstration of Stalk and Zooid Contraction of Vorticella convallaria

1998/01/01 by Yasushige Moriyama, Shigeo Hiyama, Hiroshi Asai · 6 citations
Mathematics · Neuroscience · Physics and Astronomy · #Anatomy #Biology #Biophysics #Contraction (grammar) #Geometry #Horticulture #Isometric exercise #Mathematics #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Micro and Nano Robotics #Photoreceptor and optogenetics research #Stalk #Twist #Zooid

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0006-3495(98)77806-3

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