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The Long-Rage Directional Behavior Of The Nematode C. Elegans, Margherita Peliti
The Long-Rage Directional Behavior Of The Nematode C. Elegans, Margherita Peliti
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Like any mobile organism, C. elegans relies on sensory cues to find food. In the absence of such cues, animals might display defined search patterns or other stereotyped behavior. The motion of C. elegans has previously been characterized as a sinusoid whose direction can be modulated by gradual steering or by sharp turns, reversals and omega bends. However, such a fine-grained behavioral description does not by itself predict the longrange features of the animals’ pattern of movement. Using large (24 cm x 24 cm) Petri dishes, we characterized the movement pattern of C. elegans in the absence of stimuli. To …