On the Swimming of \textit{Dictyostelium} amoebae

Details On the Swimming of \textit{Dictyostelium} amoebae On the Swimming of \textit{Dictyostelium} amoebae

2010-08-22

arxiv.org/abs/1008.3709v1

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Biological Physics

letter submitted to PNAS

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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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