Transcriptome-wide analysis of differential gene expression in response to light:dark cycles in a model cnidarian.

ABSTRACT: Animals respond to diurnal shifts in their environment with a combination of behavioral, physiological, and molecular changes to synchronize with regularly-timed external cues. Reproduction, movement, and metabolism in cnidarians have all been shown to be regulated by diurnal lighting, but the molecular mechanisms that may be responsible for these phenotypes remain largely unknown. The starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis, has oscillating patterns of locomotion and respiration, as well as the molecular components of a putative circadian clock that may provide a mechanism for these light-induced responses. Here, we compare transcriptomic responses of N. vectensis when cultured under a diurnal lighting condition (12 h light: 12 h dark) with sea anemones cultured under constant darknes

SUBMITTER: Leach WB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5987767 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature