Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 210-216 , 9 February 2009

The active and passive ciliary motion in the embryo node: A computational fluid dynamics model

  • Duanduan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Fluidics and Biocomplexity Group & Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK
    • ,
  • Dominic Norris

      Affiliations

    • MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK
    • ,
  • Yiannis Ventikos

      Affiliations

    • Fluidics and Biocomplexity Group & Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +441865283452.

,Accepted 24 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.10.040

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 210-216 , 9 February 2009

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