{"paper":{"title":"Self-organized mechano-chemical dynamics in amoeboid locomotion of Physarum fragments","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"q-bio.CB","authors_text":"Juan C. del Alamo, Juan C. Lasheras, Robert D. Guy, Shun Zhang","submitted_at":"2017-03-28T17:55:06Z","abstract_excerpt":"The aim of this work is to quantify the spatio-temporal dynamics of flow-driven amoeboid locomotion in small ($\\sim$100 $\\mu$m) fragments of the true slime mold \\phys {\\it polycephalum}. In this model organism, cellular contraction drives intracellular flows, and these flows transport the chemical signals that regulate contraction in the first place. As a consequence of these non-linear interactions, a diversity of migratory behaviors can be observed in migrating \\phys fragments. To study these dynamics, we measure the spatio-temporal distributions of the velocities of the endoplasm and ectopl"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1703.09691","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}