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. 2012 Jun;11(3):428–438. doi: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2012.00800.x

Table 2.

Reduced Pka-C1 expression partially rescues circadian behavioral rhythms

Age (days) 5–8 40 53–55 69–71 79–80
Female
 wt n 80 89 140 97 101
Period (h) 24.07 ± 0.03 24.72 ± 0.06 25.08 ± 0.04 24.76 ± 0.06 24.89 ± 0.12
FFT 0.055 ± 0.003 0.048 ± 0.003 0.054 ± 0.002 0.037 ± 0.003 0.045 ± 0.004
AR (%) 2.5 7.9 15.0 38.1 59.4
Shifting (%) 5.0 40.5 46.4 37.1 20.8
Pka-C1BG/+ n 79 93 125 88 79
Period (h) 23.97 ± 0.03 24.49 ± 0.07 25.02 ± 0.04 24.75 ± 0.08 24.61 ± 0.09
FFT 0.041 ± 0.003 0.044 ± 0.002 0.063 ± 0.003 0.040 ± 0.003 0.035 ± 0.004
AR (%) 3.8 6.5 6.4 26.1 44.3
Shifting (%) 3.8 24.7 24.0 28.4 22.8
Male
 wt n 80 87 114 84 97
Period (h) 23.77 ± 0.02 24.52 ± 0.05 24.67 ± 0.04 24.85 ± 0.11 25.24 ± 0.10
FFT 0.105 ± 0.005 0.061 ± 0.003 0.059 ± 0.002 0.052 ± 0.003 0.042 ± 0.003
AR (%) 1.3 4.6 2.6 21.4 40.2
Shifting (%) 1.3 13.8 23.7 23.8 19.6
Pka-C1BG/+ n 79 86 130 77 91
Period (h) 23.79 ± 0.02 24.22 ± 0.06 24.88 ± 0.05 24.92 ± 0.09 24.80 ± 0.10
FFT 0.103 ± 0.005 0.052 ± 0.002 0.063 ± 0.003 0.051 ± 0.004 0.057 ± 0.003
AR (%) 1.3 2.3 1.5 14.3 18.7
Shifting (%) 0 7.0 9.2 15.6 14.3

Siblings from the seven times outcrossed Pka-C1BG02142 strain were used as wild-type control for the mutants. Data are presented as average ± SEM. Flies with an FFT value <0.01 were counted as arrhythmic (AR). For the rhythmic flies, circadian period was determined by chi-square periodogram.