Comparative analysis of the molecular basis of photoperiodic signal transduction in vertebrates

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 507-518

  Yasuo, Shinobu ^a   Yoshimura, Takashi ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; OVIS ARIES; PHASIANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 71049163343     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icp011     Document Type: Article

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