Model and Non-model Insects in Chronobiology

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is an established model organism in chronobiology, because genetic manipulation and breeding in the laboratory are easy. The circadian clock neuroanatomy in D. melanogaster is one of the best-known clock networks in insects and basic circadian behavior has been...

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Main Authors: Katharina Beer, Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.601676/full