Automated identification of social interaction criteria in Drosophila melanogaster.

Abstract excerpt

The study of social behaviour within groups has relied on fixed definitions of an 'interaction'. Criteria used in these definitions often involve a subjectively defined cut-off value for proximity, orientation and time (e.g. courtship, aggression and social interaction networks) and the same numerical values for these criteria are applied to all of the treatment groups within an experiment. One universal...

Topics

• Animals
• Automation
• Behavior, Animal
• Drosophila melanogaster
• Female
• Male
• Mutation
• Sensation
• Social Behavior