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Environmental entrainment demonstrates natural circadian rhythmicity in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis
Ann M. Tarrant, Rebecca R. Helm, Oren Levy, Hanny E. Rivera
Journal of Experimental Biology 2019 222: jeb205393 doi: 10.1242/jeb.205393 Published 12 November 2019
Ann M. Tarrant
1Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole MA 02543, USA
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1Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole MA 02543, USA
2Biology Department, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville NC 28804, USA
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Oren Levy
3Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel
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4Biology Department, Boston University, Boston MA 02215, USA
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    Environmental parameters over the autumn and spring field entrainment periods prior to behavioral rhythmicity measurements in Nematostella vectensis. Note the difference in temporal scale between autumn and spring. Bars at the top indicate the timing of field entrainment for different deployments, with the associated monitoring conditions (LD, DD and/or LL) indicated to the right. In some cases, multiple groups of animals were deployed at the same time and recovered sequentially; the different recovery times are indicated by vertical lines within the bar. Water temperature (top) and sensor depth (center) were measured during both autumn and spring; salinity (bottom) was only measured in autumn. The sensor was deployed near the bottom each time, and the difference between seasons is due to slight differences in deployment position.

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    Normalized plots of activity over a 72 h period under light-dark (LD), constant dark (DD) or constant light (LL) conditions following field or laboratory entrainment of Nematostella. y-axis shows activity as a proportion of the maximum activity observed for each animal. Bars above plots indicate light daytime (white) and dark night-time periods (black). Gray bars indicate daytime under DD or night under LL. x-axis shows hours since start of behavioral monitoring, with label spacing reflecting the timing of light changes in autumn and lab experiments. Plots show mean±s.e.m. of tracks from multiple individuals. Sample sizes indicated in Table 1.

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    Heat maps comparing selected transcriptional profiles between lab-entrained and field-entrained Nematostella. Lab data from Oren et al. (2015; 1 replicate derived from 5 pooled anemones per time), and field data from present study (four biological replicates per time). Color scale ranges from red to green (highest to lowest mean relative expression). Time of sampling is shown as Zeitgeber time (ZT), which is the number of hours since sunrise or the start of a light cycle. Black and white bars indicate time points that were sampled during the dark and light phases, respectively. Selected transcripts play putative roles in (A) regulation of the core circadian machinery and (B) the unfolded protein response.

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Environmental entrainment demonstrates natural circadian rhythmicity in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis
Ann M. Tarrant, Rebecca R. Helm, Oren Levy, Hanny E. Rivera
Journal of Experimental Biology 2019 222: jeb205393 doi: 10.1242/jeb.205393 Published 12 November 2019
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Environmental entrainment demonstrates natural circadian rhythmicity in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis
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