Multifaceted and extensive behavioral trajectories of genomically diverse Drosophila lines

Detailed tracking data is essential to understanding the intricate mechanisms behind animal behavior. Here, we present a comprehensive dataset containing behavioral movies and trajectories from over 30,000 Drosophila melanogaster individuals across 105 genetically distinct strains, including 104 wild-type strains from the Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel, along with one visually impaired mutant. These data, categorized by genetic background, sex, and social context (isolated or in groups), were collected during 15-minute sessions that included five minutes of repeated looming stimuli to elicit fear responses. Additionally, our experimental design incorporated group experiments with randomly combined pairs of strains to investigate synergistic effects of group members on behavioral dynamics. Beyond enabling detailed analyses of genetic factors underlying locomotion, fear responses, and social interactions, this dataset provides a unique opportunity to examine individual behavioral vari..., Flies’ behavior in an experimental arena was observed and video-recorded for 15 minutes, during which a looming stimulus was introduced in the middle for 5 minutes. Behavioral tracking was primarily performed by the Tracktor software (Sridhar et al. 2019, MEE), followed by our custom Python script., , # Data from: Multifaceted and extensive behavioral trajectories of genomically diverse Drosophila lines

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ttdz08m60](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ttdz08m60)

## Description of the data

We present a comprehensive dataset of behavioral trajectories for 36,600 individuals from 105 genetically distinct strains of *Drosophila melanogaster*, including 104 wild-type strains from the *Drosophila* Genetic Reference Panel and one visually impaired mutant. We observed the flies’ behavior in an experimental arena for 15 minutes, during which a looming stimulus was introduced for 5 minutes to elicit fear responses. The data are categorized by genetic background, sex, and social context (isolated or in groups).

The dataset consists of raw videos and tracked data, which are organized by subdirectories gunzipped for each strain and named as `${experiment}_${type}_${strain}.tar.gz`.
`${experiment}`

* `1_monostrain`: single-strain experiment (n = 20 for each)
* `2_mixeds...