TY - JOUR
T1 - Multi-scaled adaptability in motility and pattern formation of the Physarum plasmodium
AU - Shirakawa, T.
AU - Yokoyama, K.
AU - Yamachiyo, M.
AU - Gunji, Y. P.
AU - Miyake, Y.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - The plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is a unicellular and multinuclear giant amoeba that has macroscopic size, and by this particular nature the organism is attracting a lot of attention in the research fields such as systems science, nature-inspired bio-computing and swarm behavioural study. In this paper, we investigated how the plasmodium generates new motility and morphology, and found that there are allometric relationships between the cell volume and morphology, and between cell size and cell motility. We further discuss how these relationships are realised, and these relationships are deeply connected to the organism's benefit of being a large-scale unicellular organism.
AB - The plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is a unicellular and multinuclear giant amoeba that has macroscopic size, and by this particular nature the organism is attracting a lot of attention in the research fields such as systems science, nature-inspired bio-computing and swarm behavioural study. In this paper, we investigated how the plasmodium generates new motility and morphology, and found that there are allometric relationships between the cell volume and morphology, and between cell size and cell motility. We further discuss how these relationships are realised, and these relationships are deeply connected to the organism's benefit of being a large-scale unicellular organism.
KW - Adaptive behaviours
KW - Allometry
KW - Bio-inspired computation
KW - Cell motility
KW - Pattern formation
KW - Physarum polycephalum
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U2 - 10.1504/IJBIC.2012.047236
DO - 10.1504/IJBIC.2012.047236
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84862162804
VL - 4
SP - 131
EP - 138
JO - International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation
JF - International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation
SN - 1758-0366
IS - 3
ER -