RNAi of the circadian clock gene period disrupts the circadian rhythm but not the circatidal rhythm in the mangrove cricket

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-491

  Takekata, Hiroki ^a   Matsuura, Yu ^a   Goto, Shin G ^a   Satoh, Aya ^b   Numata, Hideharu ^a,c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apteronemobius asahinai; Circatidal clock; Locomotor activity

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICKET; GENE EXPRESSION; MANGROVE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RNA;

GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84864487361     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0079     Document Type: Article

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