Effect of carotenoid depletion on the hatching rhythm of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-71

  Sakamoto, Katsuhiko ^a   Asai, Rihito ^a   Okada, Atsushi ^a   Shimizu, Isamu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Carotenoid depletion; Circadian rhythm; Hatching; Masking effect; Photoperiodic response; Photoreceptor

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

CAROTENOID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HATCHING;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HATCHING; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SILKWORM;

BOMBYCIDAE; BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0038475855     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.34.1.61.14081     Document Type: Article

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