Robustness of circadian timing systems evolves in the fruit fly drosophila melanogaster as a correlated response to selection for adult emergence in a narrow window of time

Chronobiology International

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1312-1328

  Kannan, Nisha N ^a   Mukherjee, Narendra ^a   Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Circadian; Drosophila; Light; Photoperiod; Precision; Robustness; Selection; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84870362646     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2012.728550     Document Type: Article

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