title: A database of Caenorhabditis elegans behavioral phenotypes.
abstract: Using low-cost automated tracking microscopes, we have generated a behavioral database for 305 Caenorhabditis elegans strains, including 76 mutants with no previously described phenotype. The growing database currently consists of 9,203 short videos segmented to extract behavior and morphology features, and these videos and feature data are available online for further analysis. The database also includes summary statistics for 702 measures with statistical comparisons to wild-type controls so that phenotypes can be identified and understood by users.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Eviatar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yemini
authors.forename: Tadas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jucikas
authors.forename: Laura J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Grundy
authors.forename: André E X
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Schafer
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*