‘Infotaxis’ as a strategy for searching without gradients
‘Infotaxis’ as a strategy for searching without gradients
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Chemotactic bacteria are guided towards the source of a nutrient by local concentration gradients. That works on the microscopic scale, but at larger scales such local cues are unreliable pointers — for example, wind or water currents may disperse odours sought by foraging animals. Using statistical techniques, Vergassola
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‘Infotaxis’ as a strategy for searching without gradients
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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_00326807v1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_00326807v1
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0028-0836
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1476-4687,1476-4679
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10.1038/nature05464
