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Possible role of eclosion rhythm in mediating the effects of light-dark environments on pre-adult development in Drosophila melanogaster.
BMC developmental biology - 22 Feb 2005
Paranjpe Dhanashree A, Anitha D, Chandrashekaran M K, Joshi Amitabh, Sharma Vijay Kumar
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BACKGROUND: In insects, circadian clocks have been implicated in affecting life history traits such as pre-adult development time and adult lifespan. Studies on the period (per) mutants of Drosophila melanogaster, and laboratory-selected lines of Bactrocera cucurbitae suggested a close link betwe...
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