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On the theory of amoeboid movements

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It is shown how the application of the principle of maximum energy transformation, discussed in previous papers, leads to expressions which give the probability of occurrence of a pseudopod of a given size and duration in function of other physical constants of the amoeba.

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Rashevsky, N. On the theory of amoeboid movements. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 5, 95–98 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478332

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