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Mechanosensory interactions drive collective behaviour in Drosophila

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  • Pavan Ramdya

    (Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
    Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, Institute of Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland)

  • Pawel Lichocki

    (Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, Institute of Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
    University of Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
    Present address: Google Inc. (P.L.), 8 Rue de Londres, 75009 Paris, France.)

  • Steeve Cruchet

    (Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland)

  • Lukas Frisch

    (Master’s Program in Microengineering, Institute of Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland)

  • Winnie Tse

    (Master’s Program in Microengineering, Institute of Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland)

  • Dario Floreano

    (Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, Institute of Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland)

  • Richard Benton

    (Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland)

Abstract

Collective behaviour in animal groups can improve individual perception and decision-making, but the neural mechanisms involved have been hard to access in classic models for these phenomena; here it is shown that Drosophila’s olfactory responses are enhanced in groups of flies, through mechanosensory neuron-dependent touch interactions.

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  • Pavan Ramdya & Pawel Lichocki & Steeve Cruchet & Lukas Frisch & Winnie Tse & Dario Floreano & Richard Benton, 2015. "Mechanosensory interactions drive collective behaviour in Drosophila," Nature, Nature, vol. 519(7542), pages 233-236, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:519:y:2015:i:7542:d:10.1038_nature14024
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14024
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    1. Thomas A. Verschut & Renny Ng & Nicolas P. Doubovetzky & Guillaume Calvez & Jan L. Sneep & Adriaan J. Minnaard & Chih-Ying Su & Mikael A. Carlsson & Bregje Wertheim & Jean-Christophe Billeter, 2023. "Aggregation pheromones have a non-linear effect on oviposition behavior in Drosophila melanogaster," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-15, December.
    2. Shuang Qiu & Chengfeng Xiao & R Meldrum Robertson, 2016. "Pulsed Light Stimulation Increases Boundary Preference and Periodicity of Episodic Motor Activity in Drosophila melanogaster," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(9), pages 1-16, September.

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