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Unexpected features of Drosophila circadian behavioural rhythms under natural conditions.
Nature - 4 Apr 2012
Vanin Stefano, Bhutani Supriya, Montelli Stefano, Menegazzi Pamela, Green Edward W, Pegoraro Mirko, Sandrelli Federica, Costa Rodolfo, Kyriacou Charalambos P
Abstract excerpt
Circadian clocks have evolved to synchronize physiology, metabolism and behaviour to the 24-h geophysical cycles of the Earth. Drosophila melanogaster's rhythmic locomotor behaviour provides the main phenotype for the identification of higher eukaryotic clock genes. Under laboratory light-dark cycles, flies show enhanced activity before lights on and off signals, and these anticipatory responses have defined the...
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