ReviewJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2024
The circadian and photoperiodic clock of the pea aphid.
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- Clock-related neuropeptides inFrontiers in genetics · 2026Article
- Splicing of a core clock gene regulates seasonal adaptations by a winter gating mechanism.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- The Never Given 2022 Pittendrigh/Aschoff Lecture: The Clock Network in the Brain-Insights From Insects.Journal of biological rhythms · 2025Article
- Correlation between circadian and photoperiodic latitudinal clines inOpen biology · 2025Article
- A clock for all seasons.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2024Article
- Erwin Bünning and Wolfgang Engelmann: establishing the involvement of the circadian clock in photoperiodism.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2024Review
- One seasonal clock fits all?Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2024Review
- Drosophila ezoana uses morning and evening oscillators to adjust its rhythmic activity to different daylengths but only the morning oscillator to measure night length for photoperiodic responses.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2024Article
- Self-Recognition and Allorecognition Mechanisms Exert a Significant Influence on the Sex Allocation Patterns of the Pea Aphid.Insects · 2024Article
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Abstract
The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, is a paradigmatic photoperiodic species that exhibits a remarkable annual life cycle, which is tightly coupled to the seasonal changes in day length. During spring and summer, characterised by longer days, aphid populations consist exclusively of viviparous females that reproduce parthenogenetically. When autumn comes and the days shorten, aphids switch their reproductive mode and generate males and oviparous sexual females, which mate and produce cold-resistant eggs that overwinter and survive the unfavourable season. While the photoperiodic responses have been well described, the nature of the timing mechanisms which underlie day length discrimination are still not completely understood. Experiments from the 1960's suggested that aphids rely on an 'hourglass' clock measuring the elapsed time during the dark night by accumulating a biochemical factor, which reaches a critical threshold at a certain night length and triggers the switch in reproduction mode. However, the photoperiodic responses of aphids can also be attributed to a strongly dampened circadian clock. Recent studies have uncovered the molecular components and the location of the circadian clock in the brain of the pea aphid and revealed that it is well connected to the neurohormonal system controlling aphid reproduction. We provide an overview of the putative mechanisms of photoperiodic control in aphids, from the photoreceptors involved in this process to the circadian clock and the neuroendocrine system.
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