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Material properties of Caenorhabditis elegans swimming at low Reynolds number.

Biophysical journal - 17 Feb 2010

Sznitman J, Purohit Prashant K, Krajacic P, Lamitina T, Arratia P E

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Undulatory locomotion, as seen in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, is a common swimming gait of organisms in the low Reynolds number regime, where viscous forces are dominant. Although the nematode's motility is expected to be a strong function of its material properties, measurements remain scarce. Here, the swimming behavior of C. elegans is investigated in experiments and in a simple model. Experiments...

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PMID: 20159158
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.010
PMCID: PMC2820645

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