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Duncan S Mearns

Max Planck Institute of NeurobiologyORCID 0000-0002-3817-1919Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Neuroscience· 2 Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1

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Organism:zebrafish· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:chicken / avian· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 1

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Herwig BaieriD· 3 shared António M. FernandesiD· 2 shared Joseph C. DonovaniD· 2 shared Ash V Parker· 1 shared Eva Laurell· 1 shared Johannes LarschiD· 1 shared Julie L. SemmelhackiD· 1 shared Koichi KawakamiiD· 1 shared

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivOct 3, 2023

Diverse prey capture strategies in teleost larvae

Duncan S Mearns, Sydney A Hunt, Martin Schneider…·Herwig Baier

The paper compares prey capture strategies in larval zebrafish, cichlids, and medaka, finding differences in movement patterns and visual cues used during hunting.

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zebrafishchicken / avian

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NeuroscienceNeuronPeer-reviewedDec 22, 2020

Neuronal circuitry for stimulus selection in the visual system

António M. Fernandes, Duncan S Mearns, Joseph C. Donovan…·Herwig Baier

This study identifies context-dependent contributions of retinotectal and isthmotectal circuits to visual saliency map computation in larval zebrafish using behavioral and functional recordings.

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zebrafishspatial transcriptomics

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NeuroscienceCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewedDec 19, 2019

Deconstructing hunting behavior reveals a tightly coupled stimulus-response loop

Duncan S Mearns, Joseph C. Donovan, António M. Fernandes…·Herwig Baier

The paper analyzes zebrafish hunting behavior using unsupervised methods to identify behavioral modules and their temporal organization in prey capture.

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zebrafishstatistical model

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