scholarly journals Investigation of a Virtual Nested Two-dimensional Lattice Model for Representing the Diffusive Motion of a Transmembrane Protein in Cell Membrane

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 229-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi OKUMOTO ◽  
Tomonari SUMI ◽  
Hideo SEKINO ◽  
Hitoshi GOTO
1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (Part 1, No. 9B) ◽  
pp. 3238-3240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayoshi Omura ◽  
Hideo Adachi ◽  
Yoshihiro Ishibashi

2005 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.J. Jiménez-Hornero ◽  
E. Gutiérrez de Ravé ◽  
R. Hidalgo ◽  
J.V. Giráldez

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 150360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuaki Mizumoto ◽  
Kazuya Kobayashi ◽  
Kenji Matsuura

Building behaviours occur in various organisms from bacteria to humans. Social insects build various structures such as large nests and underground galleries, achieved by self-organization. Structures built by social insects have recently been demonstrated to vary widely in size and shape within a species, even under the same environmental conditions. However, little is known about how intraspecific variation in structures emerges from collective behaviours. Here we show that the colony variation of structures can be generated by simply changing two behavioural parameters of group members, even with the same building algorithm. Our laboratory experiment of termite shelter tube construction demonstrated clear intercolonial variation, and a two-dimensional lattice model showed that it can be attributed to the extent of positive feedback and the number of individuals engaged in building. This study contributes to explaining the great diversity of structures emerging from collective building in social insects.


2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.J. Jiménez-Horrnero ◽  
J.V. Giráldez ◽  
E. Gutiérrez de Ravé ◽  
F.J. Moral

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