Environmental Perturbation of the Circadian Clock Disrupts Pregnancy in the Mouse

Keith C. Summa; Martha Hotz Vitaterna; Fred W. Turek

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037668

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Environmental Perturbation of the Circadian Clock Disrupts Pregnancy in the Mouse

Keith C. Summa,

Affiliations Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Martha Hotz Vitaterna,

Affiliation Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Fred W. Turek

* E-mail: fturek@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Environmental Perturbation of the Circadian Clock Disrupts Pregnancy in the Mouse

Keith C. Summa,
Martha Hotz Vitaterna,
Fred W. Turek

Published: May 23, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037668

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