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International Journal of Innovative Approaches in Science Research 2020, Vol 4(1) 15-22

Automated Data Collection of Drosophila Movement Behaviour Assays Using computer Vision in Python

Zana Hamagharib Yarwais • Hawnaz Othman Najmalddin • Zhulia Jamal Omar • Shad Arif Mohammed
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Article Type
Research article
Publication Date
March 28, 2020
Pages
15-22
DOI
10.29329/ijiasr.2020.237.2

Abstract

Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as the fruit fly, is the ideal model organism to study behavioural genetics. It has been extensively used in studying many diseases. Many of those studies still use manual methods to assess the fly’s behaviour under different conditions. In this article, we developed a method to track Drosophila melanogaster (both adults and larvae), and automate the process of data collection in larval crawling assay, and adult amputation assay.

Keywords: Drosophila melanogaster automating bahavioural assays Computer vision
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Yarwais, Z. H., Najmalddin, H. O., Omar, Z. J., & Mohammed, S. A. (2020). Automated Data Collection of <em>Drosophila</em> Movement Behaviour Assays Using computer Vision in Python. International Journal of Innovative Approaches in Science Research, 4(1), 15-22. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijiasr.2020.237.2

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