Allometric Scaling Laws in the Exploratory Behavior of the Physarum Plasmodium
Allometric Scaling Laws in the Exploratory Behavior of the Physarum Plasmodium
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10.4018/jalr.2012010103
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2012
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T. Shirakawa
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T. Shirakawa
The plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is a unicellular and multinuclear giant amoeba. In this paper, the authors investigate four allometric laws in the exploratory behavior of the plasmodium, and integrate them into one schema based on the dynamics of cytoplasmic streaming. This study reveals a novel function of the tubular structure of the plasmodium, shedding new light on the adaptive behavior of the organism.