title: [Animals' clever adaptation strategy for seasonal changes in environment].
abstract: Organisms living outside of tropical zones experience seasonal changes in environment. Organisms are using day length as a calendar to change their physiology and behavior such as seasonal breeding, hibernation, migration, and molting. A comparative biology approach revealed underlying mechanisms of vertebrate seasonal reproduction. Here we review the current understanding of vertebrate seasonal reproduction. We Aso describe the involvement of tissue-specific post-translational modification in functional diversification of a hormone.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikegami
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
mesh_terms: D000220:Adaptation, Biological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D012621:Seasons