Time's arrow flies like a bird: Two paradoxes for avian circadian biology

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 109-116

  Cassone, Vincent M ^a,b   Paulose, Jiffin K ^b   Whitfield Rucker, Melissa G ^a   Peters, Jennifer L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Clock genes; Melatonin; Photoperiod; Seasonal; Song

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; MELATONIN; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVIAN GENETICS; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 67649687082     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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