On the Swimming of \textit{Dictyostelium} amoebae
Biological Physics
2015-05-19 v1 Fluid Dynamics
Cell Behavior
Abstract
Traditionally, the primary mode for locomotion of amoeboid cells was thought to be crawling on a substrate. Recently, it has been experimentally shown that \textit{Dictostelium} amoeba and neutrophils can also swim in a directed fashion. The mechanisms for amoeboid crawling and swimming were hypothesized to be similar. In this letter, we show that the shape changes generated by a crawling \textit{D. discoideum} cell are consistent with swimming.
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@article{arxiv.1008.3709,
title = {On the Swimming of \textit{Dictyostelium} amoebae},
author = {Albert Bae and Eberhard Bodenschatz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.3709},
year = {2015}
}
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letter submitted to PNAS