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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"thermotaxis"”.
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Drosophila TRPA1 controls thermotactic behavior
… to changes in temperature, a behavior known as thermotaxis. Thermotactic behavior has been most intensely studied in the nematode C. elegans, and a number of neurons and molecules that mediate thermotaxis in C. elegans have been identified. However, molecular mechanisms of temperature perception …
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The Genetics Of Mosquito Heat-Seeking Behavior
… avoid excessive heat or cold—a behavior termed thermotaxis. In rare cases, however, animals use thermosensation not only to regulate their body temperature, but also to locate food sources in their environment. One example of such an adaptation is found in the female Aedes aegypti mosquito, …
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Neuronal and Molecular Basis of Nociception and Thermosensation in Drosophila melanogaster
… temperatures and this behavior is called thermotaxis. </p><p>In this study, I used <italic>Drosophila melanogaster</italic>as a genetic model organism to study the molecular and cellular basis of nociception and thermotaxis. <italic>Drosophila</italic> larvae exhibit a stereotyped …
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Multimodal Strategies of Host-Seeking Mosquitoes
… and then sense CO<sub>2</sub> to unlock thermotaxis towards potential hosts. Mosquitoes across their evolutionary lineage display an impressive variety of host choices, from mammals to cold-blooded frogs to leeches and earthworms, and the algorithms they use to weigh sensory host cues …
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The Long-Rage Directional Behavior of the Nematode C. Elegans
… targeting the signal transduction pathways for thermotaxis, olfaction, phototaxis, and aerotaxis, upstream of TAX-4, did not disrupt directional behavior. To get further insight into the nature of the stimulus directing the animals' behavior, if any, we performed rescue experiments of TAX-4 …
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Phototaxis of Dictyostelium discoideum Slugs
… reactions: phototaxis, chemotaxis and thermotaxis. Although many studies have investigated how Dictyostelium slugs move toward a light source, the mechanism of phototaxis is still unclear. It has been known that slugs turn towards the light at the anterior end. In addition, previous …
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Analysis and suppression of mutant sel-12 in Caenorhabditis elegans
… of the AIY interneurons, which control the thermotaxis behaviour in C. elegans.