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Photoperiodism in Insects and Other Animals

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Photobiology

Abstract

Many animals, particularly those living at higher latitudes, use information from day length (or night length) to regulate seasonally appropriate behavioral and developmental strategies. The most common of these are the onset of overwintering diapause in the insects, and seasonal breeding strategies in many animal groups. This chapter examines the role of light in these processes: the photoreceptive “input pathway” to the photoperiodic clock, whether that clock is a function of the circadian system, its relationship to overt behavioral circadian rhythms and, in insects, its endocrine output to diapause or continuous summer development. Major models for the photo- periodic clock are described and evaluated, particularly whether apparent hourglass-like responses represent a distinct non-circadian clock or merely a variant of a circadian-based mechanism in which constituent oscillators “damp” rather rapidly in extended periods of darkness. Finally, some recent developments in unraveling the molecular genetics of the photoperiodic response are described.

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Saunders, D. (2008). Photoperiodism in Insects and Other Animals. In: Björn, L.O. (eds) Photobiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72655-7_15

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