Phototransduction and clock gene expression in the troglobiont beetle Ptomaphagus hirtus of Mammoth cave

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3532-3541

  Friedrich, Markus ^a,b   Chen, Rui ^c   Daines, Bryce ^c   Bao, Riyue ^a   Caravas, Jason ^a   Rai, Puneet K ^a   Zagmajster, Maja ^d   Peck, Stewart B ^e  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cave adaptation; Circadian clock; Evolution; Phototransduction

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CAVE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAVES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; KENTUCKY; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; PTOMAPHAGUS; SILPHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80054697185     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.060368     Document Type: Article

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