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Involvement of circadian system in photoperiodic control of pubertal development in female deer mice,Peromyscus maniculatus

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Pubertal development in female deer mice,Peromyscus maniculatus, was stimulated by exposure to light cycles of LD 16∶8, LD 6∶30 or LD 6∶54, but not by exposure to cycles of LD 6∶18 or LD 6∶42. These results support the hypothesis that female deer mice use a circadian rhythm of responsiveness to light to measure photoperiodic time.

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  1. Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, Box 5577, 27695, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

    J. M. Whitsett, J. Cherry & H. Underwood

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  1. J. M. Whitsett
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This investigation was supported in part by National Science Foundation Grant PCM 8116880 and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grant CR809428010. H.U. is the recipient of Research Ca-reer Development Award 5 KO4 HD00276-02 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

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Whitsett, J.M., Cherry, J. & Underwood, H. Involvement of circadian system in photoperiodic control of pubertal development in female deer mice,Peromyscus maniculatus. Experientia 40, 887–888 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952010

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