Brembs, Björn, Gorostiza, E. Axel and Colomb, Julien (2016) A decision underlies phototaxis in an insecticide. Open Biology 6 (160229), pp. 1-16.
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Abstract
Like a moth into the flame—phototaxis is an iconic example for innate preferences. Such preferences probably reflect evolutionary adaptations to predictable situations and have traditionally been conceptualized as hard-wired stimulus–response links. Perhaps for that reason, the century-old discovery of flexibility in Drosophila phototaxis has received little attention. Here, we report that across ...
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| Item type: | Article | ||||
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| Date: | 21 December 2016 | ||||
| Institutions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Neurogenetik (Prof. Dr. Björn Brembs) | ||||
| Projects: | Open Access Publizieren (DFG) | ||||
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| Keywords: | behavioural flexibility, octopamine, dopamine, decision-making, Drosophila, invertebrates | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences | ||||
| Status: | Published | ||||
| Refereed: | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg: | Yes | ||||
| Item ID: | 35069 |
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