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Carla E. Ladd

University of California, Santa BarbaraORCID 0000-0003-0866-8470Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:synaptic & neural circuits· 1

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Animal Behavior & CognitionJournal of Experimental BiologyPeer-reviewedOct 24, 2025

Behavior choices amongst grooming, feeding, and courting in Drosophila show contextual flexibility, not an absolute hierarchy of needs

Carla E. Ladd, Julie H. Simpson

The paper examines behavior choices in Drosophila between grooming, feeding, and courting, finding contextual flexibility rather than an absolute hierarchy of needs.

2 citations

Drosophilabehavioral assay

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