Lack of Melanopsin Is Associated with Extreme Weight Loss in Mice upon Dietary Challenge

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Didem Göz Aytürk,

Current address: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Ana Maria Castrucci,

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
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David E. Carr,

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Susanna R. Keller,

Affiliation Department of Medicine—Division of Endocrinology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Ignacio Provencio

* E-mail: ip7m@virginia.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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