Clock gene polymorphism and scheduling of migration: A geolocator study of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bazzi, Gaia ^a   Ambrosini, Roberto ^b   Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Costanzo, Alessandra ^a   Liechti, Felix ^c   Gatti, Emanuele ^a   Gianfranceschi, Luca ^a   Podofillini, Stefano ^a   Romano, Andrea ^a   Romano, Maria ^a   Scandolara, Chiara ^a,c   Saino, Nicola ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SWALLOW; SWITZERLAND;

ALLELES; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SWALLOWS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84937501015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12443     Document Type: Article

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