The adaptive value of circadian clocks: An experimental assessment in cyanobacteria

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1481-1486

  Woelfle, Mark A ^a   Ouyang, Yan ^a   Phanvijhitsiri, Kittiporn ^a   Johnson, Carl Hirschie ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENT; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 4344699146     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.08.023     Document Type: Article

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