Adaptation of Circadian Neuronal Network to Photoperiod in High-Latitude European Drosophilids

Current Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 833-839

  Menegazzi, Pamela ^a   Dalla Benetta, Elena ^a,c   Beauchamp, Marta ^a   Schlichting, Matthias ^a,d   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^b   Helfrich Förster, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

circadian rhythms; cryptochrome; Drosophila ezoana; Drosophila littoralis; Drosophila melanogaster; low and high latitudes; pigment dispersing factor

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; FINLAND; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FINLAND; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTOPERIOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 85014068588     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.036     Document Type: Article

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