Circatidal rhythms of locomotion in the American horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus: Underlying mechanisms and cues that influence them

While eye sensitivity in the American horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus has long been known to be under the control of an endogenous circadian clock, only recently has horseshoe crab locomotion been shown to be controlled by a separate clock system. In the laboratory, this system drives clear activi...

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Main Author: Christopher C. CHABOT, Winsor H. WATSON III
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2010-10-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11661