| Circadian resonance in the development of two sympatric species of Camponotus ants. | |
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PMID: 20570678 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Circadian clocks provide adaptive advantage to their owners by timing their behavioural and physiological processes in accordance with the external environment. Here we report the results of our study aimed at investigating the effect of the interaction between circadian timing system and environmental light/dark (LD) cycles on pre-adult development time of two sympatric species of Componotus ants, the night active Componotus compressus, and the day active C. paria-both species develop in dark underground nests, under fairly constant conditions of humidity and temperature. We estimated pre-adult developmental durations in these ants under three different LD cycles (T20=10 h of light and 10 h of darkness, T24=12 h of light and 12 h of darkness, and T28=14 h of light and 14 h of darkness). We find that both species exhibit significantly faster pre-adult development under T24 compared to T20 and T28. Given that faster development in insects is considered as an adaptive strategy these results can be taken to suggest that Camponotus ants accrue greater fitness advantage under T24 compared to T20 and T28 LD cycles, possibly due to "circadian resonance" between circadian timing system and environmental LD cycle. Thus our study reveals that boreal species of ants could serve as a case for the study of adaptive significance of circadian organization. |
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Authors:
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Shahnaz Rahman Lone; Vinodh Ilangovan; Madhuvika Murugan; Vijay Kumar Sharma |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-06-10 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of insect physiology Volume: 56 ISSN: 1879-1611 ISO Abbreviation: J. Insect Physiol. Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-08-17 Completed Date: 2010-12-07 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985080R Medline TA: J Insect Physiol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1611-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. |
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Animals Ants / genetics*, growth & development* Circadian Rhythm / physiology* Larva Light Metamorphosis, Biological / physiology* Photoperiod Species Specificity |
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