David Macmillan

Density of Antennal Sensilla Influences Efficacy of Communication in a Social Insect

Katherine P Gill, Ellen van Wilgenburg, David L Macmillan, Mark A Elgar

Journal article  |  2013  |  AMERICAN NATURALIST

Effective communication requires reliable signals and competent receptors. Theoretical and empirical accounts of animal signaling ..

Specialisation of the Venom Gland Proteome in Predatory Cone Snails Reveals Functional Diversification of the Conotoxin Biosynthetic Pathway

Helena Safavi-Hemami, William A Siero, Dhana G Gorasia, Neil D Young, David MacMillan, Nicholas A Williamson, Anthony W Purcell

Journal article  |  2011  |  JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Conotoxins, venom peptides from marine cone snails, diversify rapidly as speciation occurs. It has been suggested that each specie..

Embryonic Toxin Expression in the Cone Snail Conus victoriae PRIMED TO KILL OR DIVERGENT FUNCTION?

Helena Safavi-Hemami, William A Siero, Zhihe Kuang, Nicholas A Williamson, John A Karas, Louise R Page, David MacMillan, Brid Callaghan, Shiva Nag Kompella, David J Adams, Raymond S Norton, Anthony W Purcell

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Biological Chemistry

Predatory marine cone snails (genus Conus) utilize complex venoms mainly composed of small peptide toxins that target voltage- and..

Robot navigation: implications from search strategies in exploring crayfish

Edith Heusslein, Blair W Patullo, David L Macmillan

Journal article  |  2010  |  ROBOTICA

Biomimetic applications play an important role in informing the field of robotics. One aspect is navigation - a skill automobile r..

Making sense of electrical sense in crayfish

BW Patullo, DL Macmillan

Journal article  |  2010  |  JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The five sensory modalities of humans are also found in a wide range of invertebrates. Other vertebrates have evolved additional s..

Altered aggression in different sized groups of crayfish supports a dynamic social behaviour model

Blair W Patullo, Helena P Baird, David L Macmillan

Journal article  |  2009  |  APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Living in groups with conspecifics can increase an animal's fitness in the wild. A social environment may also be imposed by comme..

Crayfish Recognize the Faces of Fight Opponents

Joanne Van der Velden, Ying Zheng, Blair W Patullo, David L Macmillan

Journal article  |  2008  |  PLOS ONE

The capacity to associate stimuli underlies many cognitive abilities, including recognition, in humans and other animals. Vertebra..

Video tracking in the extreme: Video analysis for nocturnal underwater animal movement

BW Patullo, G Jolley-Rogers, DL Macmillan

Journal article  |  2007  |  BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS

Computer analysis of video footage is one option for recording locomotor behavior for a range of neurophysiological and behavioral..

Crustacean social behavioral changes in response to isolation

Robert Hemsworth, Wil Villareal, Blair W Patullo, David L Macmillan

Journal article  |  2007  |  BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Periods of isolation during which animals have no social contact are common in the design of behavioral experiments. They are used..

Crayfish respond to electrical fields

Blair W Patullo, David L Macmillan

Journal article  |  2007  |  CURRENT BIOLOGY