Neurobiology of Monarch Butterfly Migration

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 25-42

  Reppert, Steven M ^a   Guerra, Patrick A ^a   Merlin, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Magnetic compass; Monarch genome; Nuclease technology; Time compensated sun compass

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; BUTTERFLY; GENETICS; INSECT GENOME; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BUTTERFLIES; GENOME, INSECT; ORIENTATION;

EID: 84957563804     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-020855     Document Type: Review

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