title: Clocks, cryptochromes and Monarch migrations.
abstract: The annual migration of the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) from eastern North America to central Mexico is one of nature's most inspiring spectacles. Recent studies including one in BMC Biology, have begun to dissect the molecular and neurogenetic basis for this most complex behavior.
authors: Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. cpk@leicester.ac.uk
authors: Charalambos P
authors: CP
authors: Kyriacou
mesh_terms: D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000235:genetics*; D002080:Butterflies / Q000502:physiology*; D056931:Cryptochromes; D005420:Flavoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D010507:Periodicity
chemical_list: D056931:Cryptochromes; D005420:Flavoproteins