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- May 9, 2021.
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- 1Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
- 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
- 3Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
- ↵*Corresponding author: Dr. Keerthi Krishnan, krishnan{at}utk.edu
Contributions: KK, BYBL, and EW designed the study. XA provided schematics, technical expertise, and guidance in building the automatic pellet dispenser. EW and MM designed the MATLAB code for quantifying parameters. MM designed the R studio codes for analysis and data visualization. MM performed experiments, data analysis in Tracker, statistical analysis, and generated data visualizations. MM, EW, BYBL, and KK discussed results and wrote the paper, with input from XA.