Inversion of pheromone preference optimizes foraging in C. elegans

<jats:p>Foraging animals have to locate food sources that are usually patchily distributed and subject to competition. Deciding when to leave a food patch is challenging and requires the animal to integrate information about food availability with cues signaling the presence of other individua...

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Main Authors: Dal Bello, Martina, Pérez-Escudero, Alfonso, Schroeder, Frank C, Gore, Jeff
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141889