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ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2024

A clock for all seasons.

Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, Dirk Rieger

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Article in Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Charlotte Helfrich-FörsterNeurobiology and Genetics, Biocentre, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. charlotte.foerster@uni-wuerzburg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-0859-9092
Dirk RiegerNeurobiology and Genetics, Biocentre, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5597-5858

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circadian clocks play an essential role in adapting locomotor activity as well as physiological, and metabolic rhythms of organisms to the day-night cycles on Earth during the four seasons. In addition, they can serve as a time reference for measuring day length and adapt organisms in advance to annual changes in the environment, which can be particularly pronounced at higher latitudes. The physiological responses of organisms to day length are also known as photoperiodism. This special issue of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A aims to account for diurnal and photoperiodic adaptations by presenting a collection of ten review articles, five original research articles, and three perspective pieces. The contributions include historical accounts, circadian and photoperiodic clock models, epigenetic, molecular, and neuronal mechanisms of seasonal adaptations, latitudinal differences in photoperiodic responses and studies in the wild that address the challenges of global change.

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Circadian ClocksPhotoperiodSeasonsAdaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsCircadian RhythmHumansCircadian clockColin S. PittendrighDavid S. SaundersDual oscillator modelErwin BünningPhotoperiodism

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PMID38896260
PMCPMC11226552

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