Figure 5.

Mean RNA Expression of Clock-Related Genes in the Coral Acropora digitifera along the Moon Phases under Natural and Constant Light Conditions

(A) cry1; (B) npas2; (C) clock; (D) pdp. NM, new moon; 1/4M, first quarter moon; FM, full moon; 3/4M, third quarter moon. The left panel in every graph represents ambient conditions corals (AMB); the right panel represents corals under constant light conditions (LL). Red bars represent gene expression at 12:00 p.m., light blue bars represent gene expression at 21:00 p.m. Represented p value is for comparison between AMB of day and night samples and LL samples of day and night. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ns, p > 0.05.