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Mus musculus
What are mice?
This pair of scientists identified the first clock gene in any species, setting the stage for the 2017 Nobel Prize-winning research decades later
Who are Konopka & Benzer?
Sturnus vulgaris
This scientist's lab was responsible for identifying the first clock gene in mammals
Apis mellifera
What are honey bees?
She painstakingly characterized the food anticipatory behaviors of honey bees nearly 100 years ago
Who is Ingeborg Beling?
Dictionary Definitions
1: the science of measuring time
2: the art of making instruments for indicating time
Periplaneta americana
What are cockroaches?
He won the Nobel Prize for characterizing animal behavior, including his seminal work on honey bees
Karl von Frisch
Hyalophora cecropi
What are silk moths?
This pair of scientists performed brain transplant experiments in silk moths
Who are Truman and Riddiford?