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1University of Würzburg, Biocenter, Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology (Zoology II), Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Current Biology : CB
|August 9, 2017
Abstract:
A new study provides evidence that fruit flies use path integration to maintain proximity to a food source during their local searches.

