The Genomics of Circadian Timing in a Wild Bird, the Great Tit (Parus major)

Circadian rhythms are ubiquitous among taxa and are essential for coping with recurrent daily events, leading to selection on the properties of the clock underlying these rhythms. To quantify this selection in the wild, we need, however, to phenotype wild individuals, which is difficult using the st...

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Main Authors: Veronika N. Laine, Els Atema, Priscilla Vlaming, Irene Verhagen, Christa Mateman, Jip J. C. Ramakers, Kees van Oers, Kamiel Spoelstra, Marcel E. Visser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00152/full