Photoperiodism in Insects: Perception of Light and the Role of Clock Genes

Photoperiodism: The Biological Calendar

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Goto, Shin G ^a   Shiga, Sakiko ^a   Numata, Hideharu ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clock genes; Insect photoperiodism; Light perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920752790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335903.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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