Circadian rhythms: Something to cry about?

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages

  Lucas, Robert J ^a   Foster, Russell G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033602384     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80132-8     Document Type: Note

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