Rhythmicity in oviposition pattern in light and darkness in four Indian species of Drosophila

Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-360

  Srivastava, Tulika ^a   Singh, B N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Indian Drosophila species; Light and darkness; Oviposition pattern; Rhythmicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES;

EID: 0030472856     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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