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Defining behavioral and molecular differences between summer and migratory monarch butterflies

BACKGROUND: In the fall, Eastern North American monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) undergo a magnificent long-range migration. In contrast to spring and summer butterflies, fall migrants are juvenile hormone deficient, which leads to reproductive arrest and increased longevity. Migrants also use...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Haisun, Gegear, Robert J, Casselman, Amy, Kanginakudru, Sriramana, Reppert, Steven M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19335876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-7-14