Collision-avoidance and landing responses are mediated by separate pathways in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2785-2798

  Tammero, Lance F ^a   Dickinson, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision avoidance; Drosophila melanogaster; Landing response; Looming; Optic flow; Saccades

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; RETINA;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036749174     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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