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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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629011/ |