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Photoperiodic refractoriness in energy balance: a specific pattern in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

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The authors thank all the members of the Animal Physiological Ecology Group for their critical reading of the manuscript. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31470474, 31472006, 31372211).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Wei Yao, Dehua Wang & Xueying Zhang

  2. Institute of Health Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China

    Wei Yao

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Dehua Wang & Xueying Zhang

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Yao, W., Wang, D. & Zhang, X. Photoperiodic refractoriness in energy balance: a specific pattern in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Sci. China Life Sci. 61, 607–609 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-017-9147-7

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