The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster favors dim light and times its activity peaks to early dawn and late dusk

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 387-399

  Rieger, Dirk ^a   Fraunholz, Christina ^a   Popp, Jochen ^a   Bichler, Dominik ^a   Dittmann, Rainer ^a   Helfrich Förster, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity; Dawn and dusk; Dim light; Diurnal rhythms; Drosophila melanogaster; Feeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FOOD; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 34848896268     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730407306198     Document Type: Article

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