STREAMING INSTABILITY OF AGGREGATING SLIME-MOLD AMEBAS

被引:56
作者
LEVINE, H [1 ]
REYNOLDS, W [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,INST NONLINEAR SCI,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2400
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We propose a new model of aggregation in the cellular slime mold D. Discoideum. Our approach couples the excitable signaling system to amoeba chemotaxis; the resultant system of equations is tractable to analytical and numerical approaches. Using our model, we derive the existence of a streaming instability for the concentric target aggregation pattern.
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