Dissecting Complex Movement with Local Linear Analysis (VIDEO)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

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Researchers from the Biological Physics Theory Unit and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam conducted local linear analysis which reduces the complex posture movements of the nematode worm C. elegans to simpler components -- analogous to breaking spoken language into phonemes. The top video displays a snippet of posture behavior of C. elegans which is automatically decomposed into reversal, coiling and forward movements (bottom).

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OIST, António Carlos da Costa of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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