Clocks, cryptochromes and Monarch migrations

doi:10.1186/jbiol153

Journal of Biology

Volume 8
Issue 6

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Clocks, cryptochromes and Monarch migrations

Charalambos P Kyriacou

Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

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Journal of Biology 2009, 8:55doi:10.1186/jbiol153


Published:	18 June 2009

Abstract

The annual migration of the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) from eastern North America to central Mexico is one of nature's most inspiring spectacles. Recent studies including one in BMC Biology, have begun to dissect the molecular and neurogenetic basis for this most complex behavior.