Circadian rhythm and the per ACNGGN repeat in the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-184

  Ben Shlomo, Rachel ^a,b,c   Ritte, Uzi ^b   Nevo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACNGGN repeat sequence; circadian rhythm; Drosophila period gene; restriction fragment length polymorphism; Spalax ehrenbergi; Subterranean mole rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEGREGATION; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA PROBES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI; SPALACINAE; SPALAX;

EID: 0029925219     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02359895     Document Type: Article

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