Fruit fly behavior researching system and method thereof

Abstract

The invention relates to a fruit fly behavior researching system, belonging to the animal behavior field. The system comprises a fruit fly moving container, an image acquiring device, a stimulating device and a center device; the fruit fly moving container is used for supplying a moving space to the fruit fly with the specific protein; the image acquiring device is used for acquiring the fruit fly behavior image; the stimulating device is used for applying the external stimulation to the fruit fly; and the center device is connected with the image acquiring device and the stimulating device, used for controlling the image acquiring device and the stimulating device, recording the fruit fly behavior image and analyzing the fruit fly behavior. In addition, the invention also relates to a fruit fly behavior researching method. The method comprises the following steps of: applying the external stimulation to the fruit fly with the specific protein; acquiring the fruit fly moving image; and analyzing the fruit fly behavior according to the fruit fly moving image. In the system, the stimulation to the fruit fly, the behavior recording and analysis in the fruit fly behavior research are automatically carried out, so that the deviation brought by the experience or fatigue factors of the artificial observation and statistic can be eliminated. The system carries out the stimulation to the fruit fly with the specific points particularly, and improves the precision and efficiency of the analysis on the fruit fly behavior.

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【Technical field】

[0001] The invention relates to the field of animal behavior, in particular to a fruit fly behavior research system and research method. 【Background technique】

[0002] Animal ethology is a discipline that studies the interaction between animals and the environment or other living things, and takes their communication behavior, emotional expression, social behavior, learning behavior, and reproductive behavior as the research objects. Compared with microscopic research, animal behavior can reflect the overall state of the animal under the mixed effects of multiple factors. Neurogenetics is an important part of brain science. On the one hand, it studies how genes regulate the development and function of brain structure at the molecular level; on the other hand, behavior is the main function of the brain. relationships, which can ultimately provide insight into how genes encode inherited behaviors.

[0003] Animal behavior is dominated by corresponding neur...

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