Animal clocks: When science meets nature

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1765, 2013, Pages

  Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a   Bloch, Guy ^b   Schwartz, William J ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Circadian; Circannual

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; NICHE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETICS; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION;

EID: 84894754690     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1354     Document Type: Article

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