Figure 2. Food scarcity and ambient temperature affect gene
expression in the posterior
and anterior hypothalamus. Relative gene expression levels of
Tshβ, Tshr, Dio2, Kiss1 and
Rfrp3 in the posterior hypothalamus and Kiss1 and Gnrh in the anterior
hypothalamus for (A,
E) common vole males, (B, F) common vole females, (C, G) tundra vole
males and (D, H)
tundra vole females respectively, at low (open symbols) or high workload
(filled symbols), at
10°C (blue) or 21°C (red). Data are presented as means ± SEM (n = 6-8).
Significant effects
(two-way ANOVA) of workload (wl) and temperature (temp) are shown: *p
< 0.05, **p <0.01,
***p < 0.001. Significant differences between groups (one-way
ANOVA) are indicated by
asterisks. Statistic results for ANOVAs can be found in Table S4.