Neuromodulation and individuality

RT Maloney - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Within populations, individuals show a variety of behavioral preferences, even in the
absence of genetic or environmental variability. Neuromodulators affect these idiosyncratic …

Behavior Individuality: A Focus on Drosophila melanogaster

R Mollá-Albaladejo, JA Sánchez-Alcañiz - Frontiers in physiology, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Among individuals, behavioral differences result from the well-known interplay of nature and
nurture. Minute differences in the genetic code can lead to differential gene expression and …

Precise quantification of behavioral individuality from 80 million decisions across 183,000 flies

B de Bivort, S Buchanan, K Skutt-Kakaria… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Individual animals behave differently from each other. This variability is a component of
personality and arises even when genetics and environment are held constant. Discovering …

Development under predation risk increases serotonin-signaling, variability of turning behavior and survival in adult fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster

T Krama, M Munkevics, R Krams… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
The development of high-throughput behavioral assays, where numerous individual animals
can be analyzed in various experimental conditions, has facilitated the study of animal …

Variation and Variability in Drosophila Grooming Behavior

JM Mueller, N Zhang, JM Carlson… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Behavioral differences can be observed between species or populations (variation) or
between individuals in a genetically similar population (variability). Here, we investigate …

Drift in Individual Behavioral Phenotype as a Strategy for Unpredictable Worlds

RT Maloney, AQ Ye, SK Saint Pre, T Alisch… - bioRxiv, 2024‏ - biorxiv.org
Individuals, even with matched genetics and environment, show substantial phenotypic
variability. This variability may be part of a bet-hedging strategy, where populations express …

Neural correlates of individual odor preference in Drosophila

MA Churgin, D Lavrentovich, MA Smith, R Gao… - bioRxiv, 2021‏ - biorxiv.org
Behavior varies even among genetically identical animals raised in the same environment–.
However, little is known about the circuit or anatomical underpinnings of this individuality …