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: Nicola Saino, Maria Romano, Manuela Caprioli, Mauro Fasola, Roberto Lardelli, Pierfrancesco Micheloni, Chiara Scandolara, Diego Rubolini, Luca Gianfranceschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2013-02-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/17.pdf