Inversion of pheromone preference optimizes foraging in C. elegans

<jats:p>Foraging animals have to locate food sources that are usually patchily distributed and subject to competition. Deciding when to leave a food patch is challenging and requires the animal to integrate information about food availability with cues signaling the presence of other individua...

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Main Authors: Dal Bello, Martina (Author), Pérez-Escudero, Alfonso (Author), Schroeder, Frank C (Author), Gore, Jeff (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2022-04-13T17:26:43Z.
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