Genome-wide association analyses in 128,266 individuals identifies new morningness and sleep duration loci

SE Jones, J Tyrrell, AR Wood, RN Beaumont… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Disrupted circadian rhythms and reduced sleep duration are associated with several human
diseases, particularly obesity and type 2 diabetes, but until recently, little was known about …

Circadian light-input pathways in Drosophila

T Yoshii, C Hermann-Luibl… - … & Integrative Biology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Light is the most important environmental cue to entrain the circadian clock in most animals.
In the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, the light entrainment mechanisms of the clock have …

Cryptochrome 2 mediates directional magnetoreception in cockroaches

O Bazalova, M Kvicalova, T Valkova… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The ability to perceive geomagnetic fields (GMFs) represents a fascinating biological
phenomenon. Studies on transgenic flies have provided evidence that photosensitive …

The magnetic orientation of the Antarctic amphipod Gondogeneia antarctica is cancelled by very weak radiofrequency fields

K Tomanová, M Vácha - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Studies on weak man-made radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields affecting animal
magnetoreception aim for a better understanding of the reception mechanism and also point …

Reduced geomagnetic field may affect positive phototaxis and flight capacity of a migratory rice planthopper

GJ Wan, R Yuan, WJ Wang, KY Fu, JY Zhao, SL Jiang… - Animal behaviour, 2016 - Elsevier
The geomagnetic field (GMF) is not constant but changes over space and time. In addition to
the current slow decay of GMF, sudden GMF anomalies, mainly characterized by reduced …

Circadian control of visual plasticity in arthropods

GM Mazzotta, R Costa - Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Animals living in a wide range of light intensities need mechanisms to regulate the sensitivity
of their visual system to their ambient illumination level. A high degree of plasticity is, in fact …

Genome-wide association analyses in> 119,000 individuals identifies thirteen morningness and two sleep duration loci

SE Jones, J Tyrrell, AR Wood, RN Beaumont, KS Ruth… - Biorxiv, 2016 - biorxiv.org
Disrupted circadian rhythms and reduced sleep duration are associated with several human
diseases, particularly obesity and type 2 diabetes, but little is known about the genetic …

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Disrupted circadian rhythms and reduced sleep duration are associated with several human
diseases, particularly obesity and type 2 diabetes, but little is known about the genetic …