Role for circadian clock genes in seasonal timing: testing the Bünning hypothesis.

A major question in chronobiology focuses around the "Bünning hypothesis" which implicates the circadian clock in photoperiodic (day-length) measurement and is supported in some systems (e.g. plants) but disputed in others. Here, we used the seasonally-regulated thermotolerance of Drosophi...

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Main Authors: Mirko Pegoraro, Joao S Gesto, Charalambos P Kyriacou, Eran Tauber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4154681?pdf=render