PUBLICATION
Computer Animation Technology in Behavioral Sciences: A Sequential, Automatic, and High-Throughput Approach to Quantifying Personality in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
- Authors
- Fangmeier, M.L., Noble, D.W.A., O'Dea, R.E., Usui, T., Lagisz, M., Hesselson, D., Nakagawa, S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180131-7
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Zebrafish 15(2): 206-210 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Hesselson, Daniel
- Keywords
- animal personality, automation, behavioral phenotyping, consistency
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal*
- Behavioral Sciences
- Computer Simulation*
- High-Throughput Screening Assays
- Personality
- Phenotype
- Video Recording
- Zebrafish*
- PubMed
- 29381430 Full text @ Zebrafish
Citation
Fangmeier, M.L., Noble, D.W.A., O'Dea, R.E., Usui, T., Lagisz, M., Hesselson, D., Nakagawa, S. (2018) Computer Animation Technology in Behavioral Sciences: A Sequential, Automatic, and High-Throughput Approach to Quantifying Personality in Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Zebrafish. 15(2):206-210.
Abstract
An emergent field of animal personality necessitates a method for repeated high-throughput quantification of behavioral traits across contexts. In this study, we have developed an automated video stimulus approach to sequentially present different contexts relevant to five "personality" traits (exploration, boldness, neophobia, aggression, and sociability), successfully quantifying repeatable trait measurements in multiple individuals simultaneously. Although our method is designed to quantify personality traits in zebrafish, our approach can accommodate the quantification of other behaviors, and could be customized for other species. All digital materials and detailed protocols are publicly available online for researchers to freely use and modify.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping