Clocks, cryptochromes and Monarch migrations.
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.
Kyriacou
Charalambos P
CP
Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. cpk@leicester.ac.uk
D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000235:genetics*; D002080:Butterflies / Q000502:physiology*; D056931:Cryptochromes; D005420:Flavoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D010507:Periodicity
D056931:Cryptochromes; D005420:Flavoproteins