Meeting Abstract S7-2.3 Friday, Jan. 6 Modeling many molecular motors mostly motivated by moth movement DANIEL, TL*; WILLIAMS, CD; Univ. Washington; Univ. Washington danielt@uw.edu All animal movement is mediated by the action of muscles comprised of millions of motor molecules suspended in an elastic network of filaments. Over the past decade, substantial modeling efforts, combined with experiments, […]
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The monarch butterfly reveals the prototype ancestral TTFL clock of insects a focus on cryptochromes
Meeting Abstract S7-2.4 Sunday, Jan. 6 The monarch butterfly reveals the prototype ancestral TTFL clock of insects: a focus on cryptochromes REPPERT, SM; UMass Medical School, Worcester Steven.Reppert@umassmed.edu In Drosophila and mammals, the classic clock mechanism is comprised of a core negative transcriptional/translational feedback loop (TTFL), which drives self-sustaining rhythms of essential clock components. The monarch butterfly […]
The Role of Circadian Clock Genes in the Overwintering Diapause of the Northern House Mosquito, Culex pipiens
Meeting Abstract S7-2.3 Sunday, Jan. 6 The Role of Circadian Clock Genes in the Overwintering Diapause of the Northern House Mosquito, Culex pipiens MEUTI, Megan E.*; DENLINGER, David L.; The Ohio State University; The Ohio State University meuti.1@osu.edu Diapause is an arrested state of development that allows insects and other arthropods to survive adverse seasonal conditions, such […]
Symbiont luminescence entrains daily host-tissue rhythms through direct regulation of a host cryptochrome gene
Meeting Abstract S7-2.2 Sunday, Jan. 6 Symbiont luminescence entrains daily host-tissue rhythms through direct regulation of a host cryptochrome gene HEATH-HECKMAN, Elizabeth A.C.*; PEYER, Suzanne M.; MCFALL-NGAI, Margaret J.; University of Wisconsin – Madison; University of Wisconsin – Madison; University of Wisconsin – Madison heathheckman@wisc.edu All animals exist in the presence of beneficial microbial symbionts, however the […]
Egging each other on embryonic communication in a nest maintains circadian rhythms of heart rate in turtles
Meeting Abstract S7-2.1 Sunday, Jan. 6 Egging each other on: embryonic communication in a nest maintains circadian rhythms of heart rate in turtles? LOUDON, FK; SPENCER, R-J*; University of Western Sydney, Australia r.spencer@uws.edu.au Amniotic eggs provide model organisms to explore the embryonic development of endogenous physiological circadian rhythms without the influence of maternal biorhythms. Recent studies have […]
