Amplitude of circadian rhythms becomes weaken in the north, but there is no cline in the period of rhythm in a beetle

Many species show rhythmicity in activity, from the timing of flowering in plants to that of foraging behavior in animals. The free-running periods and amplitude (sometimes called strength or power) of circadian rhythms are often used as indicators of biological clocks. Many reports have shown that these traits are highly geographically variable, and interestingly, they often show latitudinal or longitudinal clines. In many cases, the higher the latitude is, the longer the free-running circadian period (i.e., period of rhythm) in insects and plants. However, reports of positive correlations between latitude or longitude and circadian rhythm traits, including free-running periods, the power of the rhythm and locomotor activity, are limited to certain taxonomic groups. Therefore, we collected a cosmopolitan stored-product pest species, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, in various parts of Japan and examined its rhythm traits, including the power and period of the rhythm, which were calculated from locomotor activity. The analysis revealed that the power was significantly lower for beetles collected in northern areas than southern areas in Japan. However, it is worth noting that the period of circadian rhythm did not show any clines; specifically, it did not vary among the sampling sites, despite the very large sample size (n = 1585). We discuss why these cline trends were observed in T. castaneum

A Mini-Orange Spectrometer for Internal Conversion Measurement in ISOL and In-Beam Experiments

開始ページ、終了ページ: 冊子体のページ付

A Nuclear Structure Study of Doubly Odd Nuclei 154Tb and 156Ho

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Synthesis, Stability, and Crystal Structure of an Azulenium Cation Containing an Adamantyl Group

This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 2008(31):5301-5307 (2008), which has been published in final form at doi:10.1002/ejoc.200800700.ArticleEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 2008(31):5301-5307 (2008)journal articl