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Role for circadian clock genes in seasonal timing: testing the Bünning hypothesis.
PLoS genetics - 1 Sept 2014
Pegoraro Mirko, Gesto Joao S, Kyriacou Charalambos P, Tauber Eran
Abstract excerpt
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 Drosophila melanogaster to test the role of various clock genes in day-length measurement. In Drosophila, freezing temperatures induce...
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