Fig. 4: l-cry has a minor contribution as entraining photoreceptor to circalunar clock entrainment. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: l-cry has a minor contribution as entraining photoreceptor to circalunar clock entrainment.

From: A Cryptochrome adopts distinct moon- and sunlight states and functions as sun- versus moonlight interpreter in monthly oscillator entrainment

Fig. 4: l-cry has a minor contribution as entraining photoreceptor to circalunar clock entrainment.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a Nocturnal moonlight exposure protocol of lunar phase shift with 8 nights of naturalistic moonlight (dark green). Number of mature animals (percent per month, rolling mean with a window of 3 days) of l-cry wild-type (b) and mutant (c) animals. p-values: Kolomogorov–Smirnov tests. Black arrowheads indicate spawning-free intervals of the wildtype, which shifted to the position of the new FM (under free-running conditions: FR-FM). d, e Data as in (b, c) plotted as circular data. 360° correspond to 30 days of the lunar month. The arrow represents the mean vector characterized by the direction angle µ and r. r (length of µ) indicates phase coherence (measure of population synchrony). p values are results of Rayleigh Tests: Significance indicates non-random distribution of data points. The inner circle represents the Rayleigh critical value (p = 0.05). f, g Results of two-sided multisample statistics on spawning data shown in (a–e). Phase differences in days can be calculated from the angle between the two mean vectors (i.e. 12°= 1 day).

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