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Zoologist Ilan Golani is part of a team of researchers who are working to quantify behavioral phenotypes in different strains of mice in order to better explore how animal behavior and learning is influenced by genetic and developmental differences. To facilitate their research, Dr. Golani and his colleagues have developed Mathematica-based software called SEE (Software for Exploring Exploration), a tool for the visualization and analysis of rodent exploratory behavior.

With SEE, they can easily and quickly assess patterns in the position, speed, and frequency of an animal's movements, using as input the automatically digitized time-series of the animal's location and producing as output key parameters that characterize the behavior. Their overall goal is to create a freely accessible web-based genetic repository of analyzed behavior together with tools, including SEE, for performing analysis of other rodent strains and preparations.