Impact of daily thermocycles on hatching rhythms, larval performance and sex differentiation of zebrafish.

In the wild, water temperature cycles daily: it warms up after sunrise, and cools rapidly after sunset. Surprisingly, the impact of such daily thermocycles during the early development of fish remains neglected. We investigated the influence of constant vs daily thermocycles in zebrafish, from embry...

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Main Authors: Natalia Villamizar, Laia Ribas, Francesc Piferrer, Luisa M Vera, Francisco Javier Sánchez-Vázquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3527402?pdf=render