Clock gene variation in tachycineta swallows

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-105

  Dor, Roi ^a   Cooper, Caren B ^a   Lovette, Irby J ^a,b   Massoni, Viviana ^c   Bulit, Flor ^c   Liljesthrom, Marcela ^d   Winkler, David W ^a,b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Circadian; Clock; Polyglutamine; Tachycineta; Time of breeding; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859614306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.73     Document Type: Article

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