From Networks to Traveling Waves and Back: Persistent Pattern Generation Across Collective Phases in C. elegans
Assaf Pertzelan, Surabhi Sudevan, Siyu Serena Ding
The paper shows that a single generative program produces both network and wave phases in C. elegans, with differences arising from environmental context rather than behavioral rules.
bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics