Brokaw, C. J. (1966) Effects of Increased Viscosity on the Movements of Some Invertebrate Spermatozoa. Journal of Experimental Biology, 45 (1). pp. 113-139. ISSN 0022-0949. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120828-074036336
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Abstract
In the wave pattern of a flagellum generating planar undulatory bending waves, bending and unbending are represented by rather abrupt transitions between bent and unbent states (Brokaw & Wright, 1963; Brokaw, 1965). The magnitude of these transitions is indicated by the radius of curvature of the bent regions of the wave pattern, but their detailed time course cannot be resolved. The propagated bending waves required for propulsion are generated by the progression of these transitions along the flagellum.
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| Additional Information: | © 1966 The Company of Biologists Ltd. Received 3 January 1966. This work has been supported in part by a grant from the United States Public Health Service (RG-6965). I am also indebted to Dr Anton Havlik for allowing me to use the Ferranti-Shirley viscometer in his laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena; to Stuart Goldstein for assistance with the mathematical development in the Appendix; and to Richard Flammang and Gary Ratner for assistance with some of the experimental work. | ||||||
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| Official Citation: | C. J. BROKAW Effects of Increased Viscosity on the Movements of Some Invertebrate Spermatozoa J Exp Biol 1966 45:113-139. | ||||||
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