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Formal Properties of the Circadian and Photoperiodic Systems of Japanese Quail: Phase Response Curve and Effects of T-Cycles

Bora D. Zivkovic

Herbert Underwood

Christopher T. Steele

Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA

Kent Edmonds

Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; Department of Biology, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN 47150, USA.

A role for the circadian system in photoperiodic time measurement in Japanese quail is controversial. The authors undertook studies of the circadian and photoperiodic system of Japanese quail to try to identify a role for the circadian system in photoperiodic time measurement. The circadian studies showed that the circadian system acts like a low-amplitude oscillator: It is readily reset by light without significant transients, has a Type 0 phase response curve (PRC), and has a large range of entrainment. In fact, a cycle length that is often used in resonance protocols (LD 6:30) is within the range of entrainment. The authors employed T-cycle experiments; that is, LD cycles with 6-and 14-h photoperiods and period lengths ranging from 18 to 36 h to test for circadian involvement in photoperiodic time measurement. The results did not give evidence for circadian involvement in photoperiodic time measurement: T-cycles utilizing 6-h photoperiods were uniformly noninductive (that is, did not stimulate the reproductive system), whereas T-cycles utilizing 14-h photoperiods were inductive (stimulatory). A good match was observed between the phase-angles exhibited on the T-cycles employing 6-h photoperiods and the predicted phase-angles calculated from a PRC generated from 6-h light pulses.

Key Words: Japanese quail • circadian rhythms • photoperiodism • reproduction • phase response curve • T-cycles

Journal of Biological Rhythms, Vol. 14, No. 5, 378-390 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/074873099129000786
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