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ArticleScientific reports2017

Clock gene is associated with individual variation in the activation of reproductive endocrine and behavior of Asian short toed lark.

Shuping Zhang, Xianglong Xu, Weiwei Wang, Wenyu Yang, Wei Liang

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Shuping ZhangCollege of life and environment sciences, Minzu university of China, Beijing, 100081, China. zhangshuping@muc.edu.cn.
Xianglong XuCollege of life and environment sciences, Minzu university of China, Beijing, 100081, China.
Weiwei WangCollege of life and environment sciences, Minzu university of China, Beijing, 100081, China.
Wenyu YangCollege of life and environment sciences, Minzu university of China, Beijing, 100081, China.
Wei LiangMinistry of education key laboratory for tropical animal and plant ecology, College of life sciences, Hainan normal university, Haikou, 571158, China.

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Abstract

Within year individual variation in the timing of seasonal reproduction within wild bird populations in highly seasonal environments can be pronounced, but the molecular and physiological mechanisms responsible for this variation are unclear. We investigated the relationship between Clock gene poly-Q length, activation of the HPG endocrine axis, and the timing of breeding behavior, in a wild population of the Asian short-toed lark (Calandrella cheleensis) in Inner Mongolia, China. Six variants of Clock gene poly-Q alleles were identified in this population. Clock poly-Q mean allele length was positively correlated with the mean peak date deviation of individual birds. The shorter an individual's Clock poly-Q mean allele length, the earlier its plasma LH, T and E2 values peaked. Mean Clock poly-Q allele length of nestlings in the same nest were positively correlated with the standardized laying date of the first egg in that nest. These results suggest that the Clock gene influences the reproductive timing of birds through its effect on the HPG endocrine axis, and that individual variation in the timing of reproduction may have a genetic basis.

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AllelesAnimalsCLOCK ProteinsGenetic VariationPasseriformesReproductionSeasonsCLOCK Proteins

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PMCPMC5670178

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