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. 2009 Mar 13;5(3):e1000310. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000310

Figure 4. Correlation between motion and reaction.

Figure 4

(a) Time series of the moving average of the speed of center of mass, Inline graphic, taken along the trajectory of the amoeboid-like motion of Figure 3 (black line) and Inline graphic taken along the trajectory of the keratocyte-like locomotion of Figure 4 (red line). Inline graphic of the amoeboid-like type oscillates with a period of about 200 s. but Inline graphic of the keratocyte-like type does not oscillate significantly. (b) A scatter plot on the plane of Inline graphic, and Inline graphic of the amoeboid-like locomotion, where Inline graphic is the portion of area in which the concentration of cortical factor is low in a cell. The plot shows the strong correlation between Inline graphic and Inline graphic.