Timing of molt of barn swallows is delayed in a rare Clock genotype

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Saino, Nicola ^a   Romano, Maria ^a   Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Fasola, Mauro ^b   Lardelli, Roberto ^c   Micheloni, Pierfrancesco ^d   Scandolara, Chiara ^a,c   Rubolini, Diego ^a   Gianfranceschi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente   (Italy)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clock gene; Genetic control; Hirundo rustica; Migration; Molecular sexing; Plumage molt; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BREEDING; CLOCK GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLEIOTROPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWALLOW (BIRD);

EID: 84877133282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17     Document Type: Article

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