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Extensive studies have been made of insect circadian rhythms, and have contributed largely to our knowledge of those basic characteristics which are common to such rhythms in all animals. Laboratory studies have, in the main, been concerned with defining these characteristics and most recently the majority have been concerned with the exploration of the basic controlling system. Running alongside these experimental studies, but on the whole parallel with, rather than converging upon them, have been the even more extensive studies made in the natural environment.
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Harker, J.E. (1973). Circadian Rhythms in Insects. In: Mills, J.N. (eds) Biological Aspects of Circadian Rhythms. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4565-7_6
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