Circadian clocks: Lessons from fish

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-57

  Idda, M Laura ^a   Bertolucci, Cristiano ^b   Vallone, Daniela ^a   Gothilf, Yoav ^c   Sánchez Vázquez, Francisco Javier ^d   Foulkes, Nicholas S ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blind clocks; Cavefish; Cell lines; Clock mutants; Clock ontogeny; Genetics; Peripheral clocks; Pineal gland; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAVEFISH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84864800662     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59427-3.00003-4     Document Type: Chapter

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