Article
The circadian clock genes affect reproductive capacity in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria.
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 May 2011
Tobback Julie, Boerjan Bart, Vandersmissen Hans Peter, Huybrechts Roger
Abstract excerpt
The circadian clocks govern many metabolic and behavioral processes in an organism. In insects, these clocks and their molecular machinery have been found to influence reproduction in many different ways. Reproductive behavior including courtship, copulation and egg deposition, is under strong influence of the daily rhythm. At the molecular level, the individual clock components also have their role in normal...
Topics
- Animals
- Circadian Clocks
- Circadian Rhythm
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genetic Fitness
- Grasshoppers
- Insect Proteins
- Male
- Mutation
- Oogenesis
- Period Circadian Proteins
- RNA Interference
- RNA, Messenger
- Reproduction
- Sexual Behavior, Animal