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Fitness costs of disrupting circadian rhythms in malaria parasites

Circadian biology assumes that biological rhythms maximize fitness by enabling organisms to coordinate with their environment. Despite circadian clocks being such a widespread phenomenon, demonstrating the fitness benefits of temporal coordination is challenging and such studies are rare. Here, we t...

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Autores principales: O'Donnell, Aidan J., Schneider, Petra, McWatters, Harriet G., Reece, Sarah E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21208950
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2457