A hydrodynamic mechanism for attraction of undulatory microswimmers to surfaces (bordertaxis)
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A hydrodynamic mechanism for attraction of undulatory microswimmers to surfaces (bordertaxis).
Although small nematodes significantly impact human and animal health, agriculture, and ecology, little is known about the role of hydrodynamics in their life cycles. Using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model undulatory microswimmer, we have observed that animals are attracted to and swim along surfaces. The attraction to surfaces does not require mechanosensory neuron function. In d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of The Royal Society Interface
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1742-5689,1742-5662
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0227