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ArticleNature2025

Whole-body physics simulation of fruit fly locomotion.

Roman Vaxenburg, Igor Siwanowicz, Josh Merel, Alice A Robie, Carmen Morrow, Guido Novati, Zinovia Stefanidi, Gert-Jan Both, Gwyneth M Card, Michael B Reiser and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Whole-body 3D kinematics of freely behavingbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  3. The digital sphinx: Can a worm brain control a fly body?bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. Glutamate receptor composition atbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  11. Foot placement control underlies stable locomotion across species.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Roman VaxenburgHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Igor SiwanowiczHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Josh MerelFauna Robotics, New York City, NY, USA.
Alice A RobieHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0784-2927
Carmen MorrowHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Guido NovatiGoogle DeepMind, London, UK.
Zinovia StefanidiHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Gert-Jan BothHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Gwyneth M CardHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Michael B ReiserHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4108-4517
Matthew M BotvinickGoogle DeepMind, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7758-6896
Kristin M BransonHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5567-2512
Yuval TassaGoogle DeepMind, London, UK. tassa@google.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1197-288X
Srinivas C TuragaHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA. turagas@janelia.hhmi.org.ORCID 0000-0003-3247-6487

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The body of an animal influences how its nervous system generates behaviour

Indexed as

Computer SimulationDrosophila melanogasterAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaFlight, AnimalLocomotionModels, BiologicalNeural Networks, ComputerWalking

Identifiers

PMID40267984
PMCPMC12310536

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