TY - JOUR
T1 - Metachronal Motion across Scales
T2 - Current Challenges and Future Directions
AU - Byron, Margaret L.
AU - Murphy, David W.
AU - Katija, Kakani
AU - Hoover, Alexander P.
AU - Daniels, Joost
AU - Garayev, Kuvvat
AU - Takagi, Daisuke
AU - Kanso, Eva
AU - Gemmell, Bradford J.
AU - Ruszczyk, Melissa
AU - Santhanakrishnan, Arvind
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s).
PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - Metachronal motion is used across a wide range of organisms for a diverse set of functions. However, despite its ubiquity, analysis of this behavior has been difficult to generalize across systems. Here we provide an overview of known commonalities and differences between systems that use metachrony to generate fluid flow. We also discuss strategies for standardizing terminology and defining future investigative directions that are analogous to other established subfields of biomechanics. Finally, we outline key challenges that are common to many metachronal systems, opportunities that have arisen due to the advent of new technology (both experimental and computational), and next steps for community development and collaboration across the nascent network of metachronal researchers.
AB - Metachronal motion is used across a wide range of organisms for a diverse set of functions. However, despite its ubiquity, analysis of this behavior has been difficult to generalize across systems. Here we provide an overview of known commonalities and differences between systems that use metachrony to generate fluid flow. We also discuss strategies for standardizing terminology and defining future investigative directions that are analogous to other established subfields of biomechanics. Finally, we outline key challenges that are common to many metachronal systems, opportunities that have arisen due to the advent of new technology (both experimental and computational), and next steps for community development and collaboration across the nascent network of metachronal researchers.
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U2 - 10.1093/icb/icab105
DO - 10.1093/icb/icab105
M3 - Article
C2 - 34048537
AN - SCOPUS:85113680703
SN - 1540-7063
VL - 61
SP - 1674
EP - 1688
JO - Integrative and comparative biology
JF - Integrative and comparative biology
IS - 5
ER -