A circannual clock drives expression of genes central for seasonal reproduction

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1500-1506

  Sáenz De Miera, Cristina ^a,b   Monecke, Stefanie ^a   Bartzen Sprauer, Julien ^a   Laran Chich, Marie Pierre ^a   Pévet, Paul ^a   Hazlerigg, David G ^b,c   Simonneaux, Valérie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

KISSPEPTIN; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADAPTATION; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAMSTER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TESTIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TESTIS; THYROTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT;

EID: 84904040901     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.024     Document Type: Article

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