A simple computer vision pipeline reveals the effects of isolation on social interaction dynamics in Drosophila.

Isolation profoundly influences social behavior in all animals. In humans, isolation has serious effects on health. Drosophila melanogaster is a powerful model to study small-scale, temporally-transient social behavior. However, longer-term analysis of large groups of flies is hampered by the lack o...

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Main Authors: Guangda Liu, Tanmay Nath, Gerit A Linneweber, Annelies Claeys, Zhengyu Guo, Jin Li, Mercedes Bengochea, Steve De Backer, Barbara Weyn, Manu Sneyders, Hans Nicasy, Peng Yu, Paul Scheunders, Bassem A Hassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-08-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6135522?pdf=render