Multimodal Sensory Control of Exploration by Walking Drosophila melanogaster

Walking fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, use visual information to orient towards salient objects in their environment, presumably as a search strategy for finding food, shelter or other resources. Less is known about the role of vision or other sensory modalities in the evaluation of objects o...

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Main Author: Robie, Alice Anne Pennoyer
Format: Others
Published: 2010
Online Access:https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/5829/1/RobieAA.pdf
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Robie, Alice Anne Pennoyer (2010) Multimodal Sensory Control of Exploration by Walking Drosophila melanogaster. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/GN01-P258. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05242010-123734162 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05242010-123734162>