Timing of molt of barn swallows is delayed in a rare Clock genotype

Photoperiodic responses are major factors entraining circannual life-cycles, functioning to adaptively synchronize annual routines to seasonal fluctuations in ecological conditions. Photoperiodism in physiology and behaviour is enforced by genes, including the vertebrate Clock orthologues, which are...

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Main Authors: Saino, Nicola, Romano, Maria, Caprioli, Manuela, Fasola, Mauro, Lardelli, Roberto, Micheloni, Pierfrancesco, Scandolara, Chiara, Rubolini, Diego, Gianfranceschi, Luca
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629011/