Clines in clock genes: fine-tuning circadian rhythms to the environment

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 124-132

  Kyriacou, Charalambos P ^a   Peixoto, Alexandre A ^b   Sandrelli, Federica ^c   Costa, Rodolfo ^c   Tauber, Eran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 39649107543     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2007.12.003     Document Type: Review

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