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Fitness costs of disrupting circadian rhythms in malaria parasites

Fitness costs of disrupting circadian rhythms in malaria parasites

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Fitness costs of disrupting circadian rhythms in malaria parasites

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Fitness costs of disrupting circadian rhythms in malaria parasites

Publisher

England: The Royal Society

Journal title

Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences, 2011-08, Vol.278 (1717), p.2429-2436

Language

English

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England: The Royal Society

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Contents

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 tested the consequences—for parasites—of being temp...

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Fitness costs of disrupting circadian rhythms in malaria parasites

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_918044061

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_918044061

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ISSN

0962-8452

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DOI

10.1098/rspb.2010.2457

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