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Cera W Hassinan1,2, Scott C Sterrett3, Brennan Summy1

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Juvenile Caenorhabditis elegans larvae can produce adult swimming and crawling postures early in development, despite uncoordinated movements. Locomotor coordination improves in late larval stages, even before key neurons mature.

Keywords:
C. eleganscomputational ethologycrawlingdevelopmenteigenwormslocomotionswimming

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  • Understanding how juvenile animals develop coordinated locomotion is crucial but not well understood.
  • Quantitative behavioral analyses enable the study of complex natural behaviors like locomotion.

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  • C. elegans exhibits a developmental trajectory where basic locomotor postural repertoires are established early, followed by refinement of coordination.
  • This study provides a quantitative framework for exploring the neural control of developing locomotion.