Publications by authors named "Tobias Jagla"
Article Synopsis
- Barcode-based tracking is advancing animal behavior studies by allowing researchers to monitor specific behaviors alongside location tracking.
- The technique involves identifying image regions related to behaviors of interest and analyzing them with convolutional neural networks, achieving significant improvements in detecting honey bee social behaviors.
- This method not only automates the detection process but also reveals distinct social networks among bees, paving the way for high-resolution studies across various biological disciplines.
Understanding the regulatory architecture of phenotypic variation is a fundamental goal in biology, but connections between gene regulatory network (GRN) activity and individual differences in behavior are poorly understood. We characterized the molecular basis of behavioral plasticity in queenless honey bee () colonies, where individuals engage in both reproductive and non-reproductive behaviors. Using high-throughput behavioral tracking, we discovered these colonies contain a continuum of phenotypes, with some individuals specialized for either egg-laying or foraging and 'generalists' that perform both.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF