Research Highlights

How a Rooster Knows to Crow at Dawn ?

Prof. Takashi Yoshimura and Dr. Tsuyoshi Shimmura have found that a rooster's circadian clock drives their crowing at dawn.

Journal Information:

“Circadian clock determines the timing of rooster crowing” Tsuyoshi Shimmura and Takashi Yoshimura, Current Biology, 23, R231-R233 (2013)

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.015

Links:

• Nagoya University Press Release (Japanese)
• Nagoya University Research

Professor Takashi Yoshimura: http://www.itbm.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en_backup/members/t-yoshimura/

Media Coverage and Related Links:

• National Geographic News "How a Rooster Knows to Crow at Dawn" (2013.03.18)
• Discovery News "Genes, Not Light, Make Roosters Crow at Dawn" (2013.03.18)
• Science Daily "Putting the Clock in 'Cock-A-Doodle-Doo'" (2013.03.18)
• EurekAlert! "Putting the clock in 'cock-a-doodle-doo'" (2013.03.18)
• Business Insider "Why do roosters crow" (2015.02.03)

2013-06-13

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