Exploratory search during directed navigation in C. elegans and Drosophila larva

Many organisms—from bacteria to nematodes to insect larvae—navigate their environments by biasing random movements. In these organisms, navigation in isotropic environments can be characterized as an essentially diffusive and undirected process. In stimulus gradients, movement decisions are biased t...

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Main Authors: Mason Klein, Sergei V Krivov, Anggie J Ferrer, Linjiao Luo, Aravinthan DT Samuel, Martin Karplus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-10-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/30503