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Emergence of social cluster by collective pairwise encounters in Drosophila.
eLife - 21 Jan 2020
Jiang Lifen, Cheng Yaxin, Gao Shan, Zhong Yincheng, Ma Chengrui, Wang Tianyu, Zhu Yan
Abstract excerpt
Many animals exhibit an astonishing ability to form groups of large numbers of individuals. The dynamic properties of such groups have been the subject of intensive investigation. The actual grouping processes and underlying neural mechanisms, however, remain elusive. Here, we established a social clustering paradigm in Drosophila to investigate the principles governing social group formation. Fruit flies...
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