Simplified models of Dictyostelium discoideum aggregation and slug migration

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dc.contributor.authorPilat, Marcin L.eng
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-20T23:25:42Z
dc.date.available2008-05-20T23:25:42Z
dc.date.computerscience2006-11-15eng
dc.date.issued2006-11-15eng
dc.description.abstractBiological models of Dictyostelium discoideum behaviours are often quite complex. Computer simulations using simplified models provide insight into the biological behaviours but rely on complex mathematics. We studied whether characteristic slime mold behaviours can occur in very simple models that can be easily implemented with any graphical simulation engine. We proposed two excitation based models: neighbour and spherical models, and one simplified cAMP propagation model - the grid model. We succeeded in producing streaming and spiral patterns in aggregation and characteristic thermotaxis in the slug migration life stage of Dictyostelium discoideum.eng
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dc.identifier.department2006-844-37eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/31361
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/46476
dc.language.isoEngeng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyScienceeng
dc.subjectComputer Scienceeng
dc.titleSimplified models of Dictyostelium discoideum aggregation and slug migrationeng
dc.typeunknown
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceeng
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