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Lack of gravity effect on the speed of amoeboid locomotion in Naegleria gruberi

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The speed of amoeboid locomotion was the same for amoebae moving on the top surface and bottom surface of a horizontal perfusion chamber i.e. cell-substrate adhesive forces must be considerably greater than the gravitational force acting on the locomoting amoeba.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University College, Gower Street, WC1 6BT, London, England

    A. H. Davies, T. M. Preston & C. A. King

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Acknowledgments. We would like to thank Les Cooper for technical assistance, and the Science Research Council for support.

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Davies, A.H., Preston, T.M. & King, C.A. Lack of gravity effect on the speed of amoeboid locomotion in Naegleria gruberi. Experientia 37, 708–709 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967935

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