Functional circadian clock genes are essential for the overwintering diapause of the Northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 412-422

  Meuti, Megan E ^a   Stone, Mary ^a   Ikeno, Tomoko ^a,b   Denlinger, David L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptochrome 2; Period; Photoperiodism; Pigment dispersing factor; RNA interference; Timeless

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CULEX; DIAPAUSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CULEX; DIAPAUSE, INSECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 84925425457     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.113233     Document Type: Article

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