Phototactic Decision-Making by Micro-Algae
Shantanu Raikwar, Adham Al-Kassem, Nir S. Gov, Adriana I. Pesci, Raphaël Jeanneret, Raymond E. Goldstein
The paper shows that Chlamydomonas reinhardtii uses an intensity-weighted average of light vectors for phototactic decision-making, with stochastic switching at large angular separations.
bioRxiv · Jul 2, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics