Twilight dominates over moonlight in adjusting Drosophila's activity pattern

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 117-128

  Schlichting, Matthias ^a   Grebler, Rudi ^a   Menegazzi, Pamela ^a   Helfrich Förster, Charlotte ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

circadian clock; entrainment; moonlight; rhodopsins; twilight

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 84926391008     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730415575245     Document Type: Article

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