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OFF WITH THEIR HEADS: ANALYSIS OF THE CIRCADIAN CLOCK GENES EXPRESSION IN THE BODY OF AEDES AEGYPTI
Relógio circadiano
Tecidos periféricos
Ciclos de temperatura
Ciclos claros/escuros
Expressão de genes do relógio
Circadian clock
Peripheral tissues
Temperature cycles
Light/dark cycles
Clock genes expression
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular (INCT-EM)/CNPq. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular (INCT-EM)/CNPq. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
The circadian clock of mosquitoes can influence physiological and behavioral processes linked to
disease transmission. Currently, we know how clock genes are expressed in the head of the Aedes
aegypti in different light and temperature regimens, but we still do not know anything about the
expression of these genes in the body. The present work aims to contribute to this understanding.
We observed that the expression of clock genes in the body of Aedes can be different from that in
the head. Additionally, we found that temperature cycles have greater influence on the clock genes
of the body of Aedes than light/dark cycles.
Keywords in Portuguese
Aedes aegyptiRelógio circadiano
Tecidos periféricos
Ciclos de temperatura
Ciclos claros/escuros
Expressão de genes do relógio
Keywords
Aedes aegyptiCircadian clock
Peripheral tissues
Temperature cycles
Light/dark cycles
Clock genes expression
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