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Amoeba proteus displays a walking form of locomotion
Author(s) -
Cameron Ivan,
Rinaldi Robert A.,
Kirby Gerald,
Davidson David
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
cell biology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1095-8355
pISSN - 1065-6995
DOI - 10.1016/j.cellbi.2007.01.009
Subject(s) - amoeba proteus , amoeba (genus) , visualization , fixation (population genetics) , proteus , biology , computer science , computer vision , computer graphics (images) , artificial intelligence , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene
This report deals with observations on the directional locomotion of amoeba before and after fixation and scanning electron microscopy. The study was aimed at visualization of the stepwise events of directional movements. After the analysis of the data it is proposed that the amoeba undergoes a sequence of movement events that can be defined as a walking form of locomotion.