Active poroelastic Two-Phase Model for the Motion of Physarum Microplasmodia
D. A. Kulawiak, J. Löber, M. Bär, H. Engel
This paper develops a poroelastic two-phase model to study self-organized motion in Physarum microplasmodia, finding that calcium kinetics and nonlinear friction are necessary for oscillatory movement with net motion.
bioRxiv · May 14, 2019Biophysics