Sentence examples for nictation from inspiring English sources

This nictation behavior is thought to help in finding an invertebrate host for migration [ 17, 19].

Dauer larvae display active locomotion and a specific behavior called nictation, where they stand on their tail and wave their body in the air.

Recent work has demonstrated the importance of a specific set of neurons (called IL2 cells) and of cholinergic transmission in controlling dauer nictation (Lee et al., 2011).

Nevertheless, even though various stages are able to enter slugs, our finding from the field survey of a high abundance of dauer larvae suggests that this stage is particularly favored under natural conditions to be taken up by slugs, possibly because of specific behavioral adaptations (e.g., nictation behavior [ 9, 11]) or because dauer larvae are common on substrates preferred by the slugs.