Clock accuracy and precision evolve as a consequence of selection for adult emergence in a narrow window of time in fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3527-3534

  Kannan, Nisha N ^a   Vaze, Koustubh M ^a   Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adult emergence; Circadian rhythm; Drosophila; Laboratory selection; Precision

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; SELECTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84865231087     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.074534     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Aschoff, J., Gerecke, E., Kureck, A., Pohl, H., Rieger, P., von Saint Paul, U. and Weaver, R. (1971). Independent parameters of circadian activity rhythm in birds and man. In Biochronometry (ed. M. Menaker), pp. 212-250. Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences.
2. Bae, K. and Edery, I. (2006). Regulating a circadian clocks period, phase and amplitude by phosphorylation: insights from Drosophila. J. Biochem. 140, 609-617.
3. Barton, N. H. and Keightley, P. D. (2002). Understanding quantitative genetic variation. Nat. Rev. Genet. 3, 11-21.
4. Clayton, D. L. and Paietta, J. V. (1972). Selection for circadian eclosion time in Drosophila melanogaster. Science 178, 994-995.
5. Daan, S. and Beersma, D. G. M. (2002). Circadian frequency and its variability. In Biological Rhythms (ed. V. Kumar), pp. 24-37. New Delhi, India: Narosa Publishers and Berlin, Germany: Springer.
6. Gabriel, K. R. (1978). A simple method of multiple comparison of means. J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 73, 724-729.
7. Hamblen-Coyle, M. J., Wheeler, D. A., Rutila, J. E., Rosbash, M. and Hall, J. C. (1992). Behavior of period-altered circadian-rhythm mutants of Drosophila in light-dark cycles (Diptera, Drosophilidae). J. Insect Behav. 5, 417-446.
8. Hunt, J., Blows, M. W., Zajitschek, F., Jennions, M. D. and Brooks, R. (2007). Reconciling strong stabilizing selection with the maintenance of genetic variation in a natural population of black field crickets (Teleogryllus commodus). Genetics 177, 875-880.
9. Hurst, L. D. (2009). Fundamental concepts in genetics: genetics and the understanding of selection. Nat. Rev. Genet. 10, 83-93.
10. Kloss, B., Price, J. L., Saez, L., Blau, J., Rothenfluh, A., Wesley, C. S. and Young, M. W. (1998). The Drosophila clock gene double-time encodes a protein closely related to human casein kinase Iepsilon. Cell 94, 97-107.
11. Kumar, S., Kumar, D., Paranjpe, D. A., R, A. C. and Sharma, V. K. (2007a). Selection on the timing of adult emergence results in altered circadian clocks in fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 210, 906-918.
12. Kumar, S., Kumar, D., Harish, V. S., Divya, S. and Sharma, V. K. (2007b). Possible evidence for morning and evening oscillators in Drosophila melanogaster populations selected for early and late adult emergence. J. Insect Physiol. 53, 332-342.
13. McNabb, S. L. and Truman, J. W. (2008). Light and peptidergic eclosion hormone neurons stimulate a rapid eclosion response that masks circadian emergence in Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 211, 2263-2274.
14. Mukherjee, N., Kannan, N. N., Yadav, P. and Sharma, V. K. (2012). A model based on oscillatory threshold and build-up of a developmental substance explains gating of adult emergence in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 215, 2960-2968.
15. Pittendrigh, C. S. (1954). On temperature independence in the clock controlling emergence time in Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 40, 1018-1029.
16. Pittendrigh, C. S. (1993). Temporal organization: reflections of a Darwinian clockwatcher. Annu. Rev. Physiol. 55, 17-54.
17. Pittendrigh, C. S. and Daan, S. (1976). A functional analysis of circadian pacemakers in nocturnal rodents. IV. Entrainment: pacemaker as clock. J. Comp. Physiol. 106, 291-331.
18. Pittendrigh, C. S. and Minis, D. H. (1971). The photoperiodic time measurement in Pectinophora gossypiella and its relation to the circadian system in that species. In Biochronometry (ed. M. Menaker), pp. 212-250. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences.
19. Prasad, N. G., Shakarad, M., Anitha, D., Rajamani, M. and Joshi, A. (2001). Correlated responses to selection for faster development and early reproduction in Drosophila: the evolution of larval traits. Evolution 55, 1363-1372.
20. Price, J. L., Blau, J., Rothenfluh, A., Abodeely, M., Kloss, B. and Young, M. W. (1998). double-time is a novel Drosophila clock gene that regulates PERIOD protein accumulation. Cell 94, 83-95.
21. Roenneberg, T., Daan, S. and Merrow, M. (2003). The art of entrainment. J. Biol. Rhythms 18, 183-194.
22. Saunders, D. S. (2002). Insect Clocks. 3rd edn. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Science.
23. Sharma, V. K. (2003). Adaptive significance of circadian clocks. Chronobiol. Int. 20, 901-919.
24. Sharma, V. K. and Chandrashekaran, M. K. (1999). Precision of a mammalian circadian clock. Naturwissenschaften 86, 333-335.
25. Sharma, V. K. and Joshi, A. (2002). Clocks, genes and evolution: the evolution of circadian organization. In Biological Rhythms (ed. V. Kumar), pp. 5-23. New Delhi, India: Narosa Publishers and Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.
26. Sokal, R. R. and Rohlf, F. J. (1995). Biometry: The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research, 3rd edn. New York, NY: W. H. Freeman.
27. StatSoft (1995). Statistica. Vol. 1: General conventions and statistics. Tulsa, OK: StatSoft Inc.
28. Truman, J. W. (2005). Hormonal control of insect ecdysis: endocrine cascades for coordinating behavior with physiology. Vitam. Horm. 73, 1-30.
29. Vaze, K. M., Nikhil, K. L., Abhilash, L. and Sharma, V. K. (2012). Early and late emerging flies Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies differ in their sensitivity to light during morning and evening. Chronobiol. Int. 29, 674-682.