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Table 2 Effects of Gb’cry1 and Gb’cry2 RNAi on re-entrainment of the circadian locomotor rhythms in Gryllus bimaculatus. Different lower case letters indicate that values are significantly different (ANOVA followed by Tukey-test, P < 0.05)

From: A novel photic entrainment mechanism for the circadian clock in an insect: involvement of c-fos and cryptochromes

Treatment

N

Re-entrained animals (%)

Transient cycles (Mean ± SD; days)

6 h advance

 dsDsRed2

22

100

4.0 ± 0.84a

 dsGb’cry1

30

100

3.57 ± 0.72a

 dsGb’cry2

16

100

3.27 ± 1.22a

 dsGb’cry1/dsGb’cry2

16

94

6.8 ± 1.52b

6 h delay

 dsDsRed2

14

100

4.0 ± 0.39a

 dsGb’cry1

16

100

3.25 ± 1.0a

 dsGb’cry2

13

100

1.15 ± 0.38b

 dsGb’cry1/dsGb’cry2

18

89

5.56 ± 1.59c