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The genomic basis of circadian and circalunar timing adaptations in a midge.
Nature - 1 Dec 2016
Kaiser Tobias S, Poehn Birgit, Szkiba David, Preussner Marco, Sedlazeck Fritz J, Zrim Alexander, Neumann Tobias, Nguyen Lam-Tung, Betancourt Andrea J, Hummel Thomas, Vogel Heiko, Dorner Silke, Heyd Florian, von Haeseler Arndt, Tessmar-Raible Kristin
Abstract excerpt
Organisms use endogenous clocks to anticipate regular environmental cycles, such as days and tides. Natural variants resulting in differently timed behaviour or physiology, known as chronotypes in humans, have not been well characterized at the molecular level. We sequenced the genome of Clunio marinus, a marine midge whose reproduction is timed by circadian and circalunar clocks. Midges from different locations...
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