Phenotypic correlates of clock gene variation in a wild blue tit population: Evidence for a role in seasonal timing of reproduction

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2444-2456

  Liedvogel, Miriam ^a   Szulkin, Marta ^a   Knowles, Sarah C L ^a   Wood, Matthew J ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding; Circadian clock; Natural selection; Poly glutamine; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65949095224     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04204.x     Document Type: Article

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