Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9877641 Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 2005 11 Pages PDF
Abstract
Experiments on the fusion and partial separation of plasmodia of the true slime mold Physarum polycephalum are described, concentrating on the spatio-temporal phase patterns of rhythmic amoeboid movement. On the basis of these experimental results we introduce a new model of coupled oscillators with one conserved quantity. Simulations using the model equations reproduce the experimental results well.
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