Title |
Characterization of Circadian Behavior in the Starlet Sea Anemone, Nematostella vectensis
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2012
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0046843 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
William D. Hendricks, Christine A. Byrum, Elizabeth L. Meyer-Bernstein |
Abstract |
Although much is known about how circadian systems control daily cycles in the physiology and behavior of Drosophila and several vertebrate models, marine invertebrates have often been overlooked in circadian rhythms research. This study focuses on the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis, a species that has received increasing attention within the scientific community for its potential as a model research organism. The recently sequenced genome of N. vectensis makes it an especially attractive model for exploring the molecular evolution of circadian behavior. Critical behavioral data needed to correlate gene expression patterns to specific behaviors are currently lacking in N. vectensis. |
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