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Evolutionary divergence of core and post-translational circadian clock genes in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii.
BMC genomics - 6 Oct 2015
Tormey Duncan, Colbourne John K, Mockaitis Keithanne, Choi Jeong-Hyeon, Lopez Jacqueline, Burkhart Joshua, Bradshaw William, Holzapfel Christina
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BACKGROUND: Internal circadian (circa, about; dies, day) clocks enable organisms to maintain adaptive timing of their daily behavioral activities and physiological functions. Eukaryotic clocks consist of core transcription-translation feedback loops that generate a cycle and post-translational modifiers that maintain that cycle at about 24 h. We use the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii (subfamily...
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