Locomotor activity rhythm in Drosophila melanogaster after 600 generations in an aperiodic environment

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 512-514

  Sheeba, V ^a,b   Chandrashekaran, M K ^a   Joshi, Amitabh ^a   Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLY; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 18744368735     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0360-9     Document Type: Article

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