SENSORIMOTOR TRANSFORMATION FROM LIGHT RECEPTION TO PHOTOTACTIC BEHAVIOR IN DROSOPHILA LARVAE (DIPTERA, DROSOPHILIDAE)

Authors
SAWIN FP HARRIS LR CAMPOS AR SOKOLOWSKI MB
Citation
Fp. Sawin et al., SENSORIMOTOR TRANSFORMATION FROM LIGHT RECEPTION TO PHOTOTACTIC BEHAVIOR IN DROSOPHILA LARVAE (DIPTERA, DROSOPHILIDAE), Journal of insect behavior, 7(4), 1994, pp. 553-567
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of insect behavior → ACNP
ISSN journal
08927553
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
553 - 567
Database
ISI
SICI code
0892-7553(1994)7:4<553:STFLRT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
In this paper we examine the Drosophila melanogaster larval response t o light. We survey the morphology of the larval visual and motor syste ms in relation to larval locomotory behavior and phototaxis. In additi on, this paper proposes a model of sensorimotor transformation and exa mines the reversal in taxis occurring at the D. melanogaster larval wa ndering stage.