Table 1.
Experimental lighting conditions for Experiments 1 and 2.
Experiment 1 | # Cycles @ T | Photoperiod Conditions | |||
Precondition | 10 @ 24 h | LDark14:10 (n = 40) | |||
Phase 1—Bifurcation Induction | 56 @ 12 h | LDim4:8 (n = 16) | LDim6:6 (n = 8) | LDim8:4 (n = 8) | LDim10:2 (n = 8) |
Phase 2—Bifurcation After-effects | 84 @ 12 h | LDim4:8 | LDim4:8 | LDim4:8 | LDim4:8 |
Phase 3—Constant Conditions | 14 @ 24 h | DimDim | DimDim | DimDim | DimDim |
Experiment 2 | # Cycles @ T | Photoperiod Conditions | |||
Precondition | 10 @ 24 h | LDark14:10 (n = 44) | |||
Phase 1a/1b—Bifurcation Induction | 56 @ 12 h | LDim4:8 (n = 10) | LDim5:7 (n = 12) | LDim6:6 (n = 12) | LDim7:5 (n = 10) |
Phase 1c—Dark nights | 28 @ 12 h | LDark4:8 | LDark5:7 | LDark6:6 | LDark7:5 |
Phase 1d—Dim nights | 28 @ 12 h | LDim4:8 | LDim5:7 | LDim6:6 | LDim7:5 |
Phase 2—T15 Entrainment | 26 @ 15 h | LDim7:8 | LDim8:7 | LDim9:6 | LDim10:5 |
Phase 3—T15 After-effects | 56 @ 15 h | LDim7:8 | LDim7:8 | LDim7:8 | LDim7:8 |