Why a fly? Using Drosophila to understand the genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep

Sleep

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 334-342

  Hendricks, Joan C ^a,b   Sehgal, Amita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Sleep Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; FLY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

RNA;

ANIMALS; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REST; RNA; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 3242816303     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/27.2.334     Document Type: Review

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