Barrios lab dispatch on Animal behaviour: Shifting attention in order to disperse

"Animal behaviour: Shifting attention in order to disperse," new dispatch paper by Laura Molina-García and Arantza Barrios (CDB).

We comment on new findings by our colleagues in the Portman lab. They identify neuromodulation of behavioural responses to pheromones as a mechanism for regulating dispersal and foraging strategies in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

Illustration: Sexually dimorphic responses to the pheromone ascr#3 result in different foraging strategies.

Current Biology Volume 31, Issue 20, 25 October 2021, Pages R1397-R1400 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34699807/