Animal Behavior & CognitionPLOS ONEPeer-reviewed
Automated scoring of nematode nictation on a textured background
P. D. McClanahan, L. Golinelli, T. A. Le, L. Temmerman
This paper introduces a Mask R-CNN-based system to automate nictation scoring in nematodes on textured backgrounds, showing it mirrors dauer development in C. elegans and quantifies behavior in S. carpocapsae.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0289326