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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Broekmans OD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5030097 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20160920
We exploit the reduced space of C. elegans postures to develop a novel tracking algorithm which captures both simple shapes and also self-occluding coils, an important, yet unexplored, component of 2D worm behavior. We apply our algorithm to show that visually complex, coiled sequences are a superposition of two simpler patterns: the body wave dynamics and a head-curvature pulse. We demonstrate the precise Ω-turn dynamics of an escape response and uncover a surprising new dichotomy in spontaneou ...[more]