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Role of Hypothalamic Neuropeptides Genes Expression on Body Mass Regulation under Different Photoperiods in Yunnan Red-Backed Vole, Eothenomys miletus

Role of Hypothalamic Neuropeptides Genes Expression on Body Mass Regulation under Different Photoperiods in Yunnan Red-Backed Vole, Eothenomys miletus

Wan-Long Zhu1 and Guang Yang2,*

1Key Laboratory of Ecological Adaptive Evolution and Conservation on Animals-Plants in Southwest Mountain Ecosystem of Yunnan Province, Higher Institutes College, School of Life Science of Yunnan Normal University, 1st Yuhua District, Chenggong County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province 650500, People’s Republic of China
2College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China

Fig 1

Photoperiodic response on body mass in Eothenomys miletus. *: significant difference (P<0.05) between the two groups.

Fig 2

Photoperiodic response on body fat mass in Eothenomys miletus. *: significant difference (P<0.05) between the two groups.

Fig 3

Photoperiodic response on food intake of Eothenomys miletus. **: significant difference (P<0.01) between the two groups. 

Fig 4

Photoperiodic response on correlation between serum leptin levels and body fat mass in Eothenomys miletus.

Fig 5

Effects of different photoperiods on hypothalamic genes expressions in Eothenomys miletus.

Fig 6

Correlation of NPY (A), AgRP (B), POMC (C) and CART (D) with serum leptin level in Eothenomys miletus in different photoperiods.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

April

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 2, pp. 503-1000

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