Measuring the repertoire of age-related behavioral changes in Drosophila melanogaster. Author Katherine Overman, Daniel Choi, Kawai Leung, Joshua Shaevitz, Gordon Berman Publication Year 2022 Type Journal Article Abstract Aging affects almost all aspects of an organism-its morphology, its physiology, its behavior. Isolating which biological mechanisms are regulating these changes, however, has proven difficult, potentially due to our inability to characterize the full repertoire of an animal's behavior across the lifespan. Using data from fruit flies (D. melanogaster) we measure the full repertoire of behaviors as a function of age. We observe a sexually dimorphic pattern of changes in the behavioral repertoire during aging. Although the stereotypy of the behaviors and the complexity of the repertoire overall remains relatively unchanged, we find evidence that the observed alterations in behavior can be explained by changing the fly's overall energy budget, suggesting potential connections between metabolism, aging, and behavior. Keywords Animals, Drosophila, Drosophila melanogaster, Behavior, Animal, Aging, Longevity Journal PLoS Comput Biol Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages e1009867 Date Published 2022 Feb ISSN Number 1553-7358 DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009867 Alternate Journal PLoS Comput Biol PMCID PMC8903287 PMID 35202388 PubMedPubMed CentralGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XML