Article
Cooperation between Drosophila flies in searching behavior.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Feb 2004
Tinette S, Zhang L, Robichon A
Abstract excerpt
In Drosophila melanogaster food search behaviour, groups of flies swarm around and aggregate on patches of food. We wondered whether flies explore their environment in a cooperative way as interactions between individual flies within a population might influence the flies' ability to locate food sources. We have shown that the food search behavior in the fruit fly Drosophila is a two-step process. Firstly,...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
