Geography of the circadian gene clock and photoperiodic response in western North American populations of the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 827-839

  O'Brien, C ^a   Unruh, L ^a   Zimmerman, C ^a   Bradshaw, W E ^a   Holzapfel, C M ^a   Cresko, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Geographic variation; Photoperiodism; Polyglutamine domain; PolyQ; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

FISH PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMEGMAMORPHA; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CLOCK PROTEINS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; OREGON; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 84874806959     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12024     Document Type: Article

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