Simulation of C. elegans thermotactic behavior in a linear thermal gradient using a simple phenomenological motility model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-243

  Matsuoka, Tomohiro ^a   Gomi, Sohei ^a   Shingai, Ryuzo ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isothermal tracking; Nematode C. elegans; Poisson process; Random walk; Thermotaxis

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MOTILITY; NEMATODE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RANDOM WALK METHOD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRACKING;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPECIES CULTIVATION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENT; HEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 37349084556     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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