The genomic basis of temporal niche evolution in a diurnal rodent.

ABSTRACT: Patterns of diel activity-how animals allocate their activity throughout the 24-h daily cycle-play key roles in shaping the internal physiology of an animal and its relationship with the external environment.^1,2,3,4,5 Although shifts in diel activity patterns have occurred numerous times over the course of vertebrate evolution,⁶ the genomic correlates of such transitions remain unknown. Here, we use the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio), a species that transitioned from the ancestrally nocturnal diel niche of its close relatives to a diurnal one,^7,8,9,10,11 to define patterns

SUBMITTER: Richardson R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10529858 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature