Disentangling environmental drivers of circadian metabolism in desert-adapted mice.

ABSTRACT: Metabolism is a complex phenotype shaped by natural environmental rhythms, as well as behavioral, morphological and physiological adaptations. Metabolism has been historically studied under constant environmental conditions, but new methods of continuous metabolic phenotyping now offer a window into organismal responses to dynamic environments, and enable identification of abiotic controls and the timing of physiological responses relative to environmental change. We used indirect calorimetry to characterize metabolic phenotypes of the desert-adapted cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus) in response to variable environmental conditions that mimic their native environment versus those recorded under constant warm and constant cool conditions, with a constant photoperiod and full access to reso

SUBMITTER: Colella JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8502254 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature