Essays about: "chemoreception"

Found 2 essays containing the word chemoreception.

  1. 1. Chemoreception of a Two-Dimensional Cell with Multilayer Diffusion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Beräkningsbiologi och biologisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Steffi Schijf; [2023]
    Keywords : biophysics; chemoreception; receptors; multilayer diffusion; diffusion; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Previously, Berg and Purcell found an expression for the diffusion current of particles into a set of receptors in their paper Physics of Chemoreception. These receptors were assumed to be uniformly distributed on a spherical cell's surface and the receptors where idealized as circular patches. READ MORE

  3. 2. The structure of a patch : within and between patch variation and the oviposition of the small white butterfly

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Tove Nilsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Pieris rapae; patch; host plant; Brassica oleracea; oviposition;

    Abstract : The selection of a host plant for egg-laying is an important element in insect-plant relationships, the survival of the offspring often depends on the choices made by gravid females. Plants are diverse and not evenly distributed in space or time and insect females search for host plants at gradually finer spatial scales. READ MORE