Clocks at a snail pace: biological rhythms in terrestrial gastropods
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/35371Date
2024-10-29Type
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Abstract
Biological rhythms are ubiquitous across the tree of life. Organisms must allocate their
activities into moments of the day and of the season that will increase their probability
of surviving and reproducing, which is done in the form of daily and annual rhythms.
So far, the vast majority of studies on biological rhythms have focused on classical
laboratory model species. Still, the use of non-model species is gaining traction, as part
of an effort to achieve a more holistic understanding of clock/calendar mechanisms
in the ‘‘real world’’ but this requires species that can be studied in both the lab and
in nature. Terrestrial gastropods, i.e., land snails and slugs, have the potential to be
exciting models for the study of biological rhythms in nature. Therefore, we provide a
review of the research on biological rhythms in terrestrial gastropods, with a focus on
ecology and evolution. We present the state of the art in the field while giving a historical
perspective of the studies, exploring each of the main lineages of terrestrial gastropods.
We also point out some interesting directions that future studies could take to fill some
of the more urgent gaps in current knowledge. We hope that our contribution will
renew interest in this area and spark novel projects.
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Salvador, Mizumo Tomotani. Clocks at a snail pace: biological rhythms in terrestrial gastropods. PeerJ. 2024Metadata
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