Exposure to light enhances pre-adult fitness in two dark-dwelling sympatric species of ants
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In insects, circadian clocks play a key role in enhancing fitness by regulating life history traits such as developmental time and adult lifespan. These clocks use environmental light/dark (LD) cycles to fine-tune a wide range of beh...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Developmental Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/8/113 |