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. 2014 May 15;9(5):e97412. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097412

Table 1. Main effects of genotype (and photoperiod) on circadian behavioral phenotypes.

Genotype main-effects
Characteristic Pet-1+/+ Pet-1+/− Pet-1−/− d.f. F or Χ2 p
IR Behavioral - LD
Onset (ZT) 12.0±0.02 12.0±0.03 11.5±0.09 2 33.856 <0.001
OnsetError (h) 0.18±0.01 0.16±0.01 0.30±0.03 2 17.614 <0.001
Offset (ZT) 0.4±0.08 0.1±0.06 1.9±0.13 2, 75 2.361 0.101
OffsetError (h) 0.21±0.03 0.22±0.03 0.33±0.02 2, 75 0.802 0.452
Duration (h) 12.4±0.08 12.1±0.07 14.3±0.20 2 57.207 <0.001
Power (AU) 1537.4±108.2 1588.1±94.6 1338.2±36.7 2 3.246 0.197
% Light Activity 52.0±3.78 46.7±1.73 53.6±1.08 2 14.543 0.001
Average Activity (counts/min) 1.41±0.25 1.16±0.08 1.16±0.06 2 0.055 0.973
Total Activity (counts/day) 2044.3±362.5 1698.5±121.5 1675.3±86.6 2 0.027 0.987
Periodic Component Ratio (AU) 0.192±0.03 0.138±0.02 0.480±0.02 2 55.128 <0.001
IR Behavioral - DD
Period (h) 23.79±0.02 23.76±0.02 23.66±0.03 2, 75 7.886 0.001
OnsetError (h) 0.33±0.03 0.47±0.07 0.47±0.03 2 5.726 0.057
OffsetError (h) 0.55±0.03 0.53±0.04 0.60±0.03 2, 75 0.972 0.383
Duration (h) 13.0±0.30 13.6±0.20 16.3±0.20 2, 75 60.131 <0.001
Power (AU) 1273.3±81.1 1315.8±90.3 1037.8±48.5 2 8.978 0.011
Average Activity (counts/min) 1.16±0.12 1.11±0.06 1.20±0.07 2 0.706 0.703
Total Activity (counts/day) 1661.4±178.9 1600.6±83.8 1727.3±97.0 2 0.705 0.703
Periodic Component Ratio (AU) 0.243±0.03 0.268±0.03 0.587±0.03 2,75 86.069 <0.001
Wheel Behavioral - LD
Onset (ZT) 12.2±0.03 12.2±0.03 11.7±0.13 2 15.783 <0.001
OnsetError (h) 0.09±0.01 0.10±0.01 0.40±0.11 2 7.521 0.023
Offset (ZT) 20.2±0.64 21.5±0.31 1.8±0.21 2, 36 73.379 <0.001
OffsetError (h) 0.70±0.12 0.85±0.08 0.41±0.07 2, 36 7.915 0.001
Duration (h) 8.02±0.64 9.27±0.33 14.01±0.30 2, 36 70.566 <0.001
Power (AU) 2251.3±70.7 2575.4±141.2 1589.8±120.1 2, 35 17.832 <0.001
% Light Activity 1.47±0.28 0.82±0.29 20.10±3.82 2 25.419 <0.001
Average Activity (revs/min) 13.0±0.88 16.8±1.46 7.5±0.91 2, 35 17.823 <0.001
Total Activity (revs/day) 18790±1273 24151±2108 10865±1312 2, 35 17.823 <0.001
Periodic Component Ratio (AU) 0.190±0.01 0.178±0.01 0.397±0.04 2 19.425 <0.001
Wheel Behavioral - DD
Period (h) 23.78±0.05 23.78±0.03 23.65±0.04 2, 36 3.771 0.033
OnsetError (h) 0.48±0.20 0.36±0.08 0.58±0.07 2, 36 1.227 0.305
OffsetError (h) 0.53±0.07 1.00±0.11 0.58±0.09 2, 36 7.128 0.002
Duration (h) 9.61 1.07 8.58±0.43 15.93±0.33 2 27.74 <0.001
Power (AU) 1961.7±153.8 1976.3±169.7 1143.0±68.0 2 16.632 <0.001
Average Activity (revs/min) 12.1±0.96 13.0±1.49 7.2±1.02 2, 35 7.337 0.002
Total Activity (revs/day) 7008±3524 952±947 3341±1314 2 1.263 0.532
Periodic Component Ratio (AU) 0.289±0.03 0.252±0.01 0.455±0.03 2 17.922 <0.001
Ex Vivo Per1::Luc Expression
Period (h) 24.23±0.07 24.24±0.07 24.50±0.07 2, 155 4.675 0.011
Power (AU) 1629.3±76.2 1655.6±74.0 1623.7±79.6 2 0.051 0.951

Activity monitored by infrared motion detector and wheel in LD and DD, as denoted. Ex vivo Per1::Luc expression is below. Significance is ascribed at p ≤0.05.