Extrinsic light:dark cycles, rather than endogenous circadian cycles, affect the photoperiodic counter in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 611-615

  Emerson, Kevin J ^a   Letaw, Alathea D ^a   Bradshaw, William E ^a   Holzapfel, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Diapause; Evolution; Geographic variation; Photoperiodism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LARVA; LIGHT; MOSQUITO; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CULICIDAE; LARVA; LIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 46649087128     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0334-2     Document Type: Article

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