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Trade-off between toxicity and signal detection orchestrated by frequency- and density-dependent genes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Arthaud Laury, Rokia-Mille Selim Ben, Raad Hussein, Dombrovsky Aviv, Prevost Nicolas, Capovilla Maria, Robichon Alain
Abstract excerpt
Behaviors in insects are partly highly efficient Bayesian processes that fulfill exploratory tasks ending with the colonization of new ecological niches. The foraging (for) gene in Drosophila encodes a cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG). It has been extensively described as a frequency-dependent gene and its transcripts are differentially expressed between individuals, reflecting the population density context....
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