Birmingham Post-Herald, Friday, May 23, 2003 D5 NATION Biological clock directs monarch butterflies By LEE BOWMAN SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE Monarch butterflies rely on an internal clock to help them navigate by the sun during their fall migrations from eastern and central North America to a small region of central Mexico, researchers report in a new study. By studying monarchs in a specially designed flight simulator, scientists at the University of Massachusetts have gathered what they 1 believe is the first direct evidence that a natural clock plays an essential role in celestial navigation in animals. "We have shown the requirement of the circadian clock for monarch butterfly navigation," said Steven Reppert, senior author of the study published today in the journal "When the clock is disrupted, monarchs are unable to orient toward Mexico. Without proper navigation, their migration to the south wouldn't occur and that generation of butterflies would not survive." In the fall, monarchs living east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada travel up to 3,000 miles to winter in a small cluster of fir forests on mountaintops in central Mexico. But only every fourth or fifth generation of monarch makes the trip, indicating the urge to migrate is instinctive.
The butterflies that migrate are mature, but programmed to delay reproduction until the following spring, and may also carry special fat-storing genes that allow them to conserve energy on long flights. Alexander, Grace Speights Brown Alloway, Bailey, Jr. Battle, Bettie Jean Blackmon, Keith Antonio Boyd, Jean Alstine Brawley, Infant Dylan Reed Campbell, Joe Ann Ciulla, Theresa M. Cornell, Florence M. Cowen, Frank Eugene Sr.
Croom-Ware, Eleanor Eggart, Frances P. Engle, James Coolidge Evans, Roderick Dion "Squirt" Ferguson, Leon Brant Franks, Eddie Lee Godwin, Louise Kelley Grey, Stella M. Guin, Santina M. Bighames Hayden, Woodrow Thomas Higdon, Lois Parsons Hollingsworth, Ralph Sr. Hooper, Robert E.
Humphrey, Lynn Hurley, Albert D. "Joe Bill" Ivory, Georgia B. Jackson, Mildred W. Johnson, Aaron Johnson, Nancy Frasa Jones, Lee Jr. Laningham, James A.
Lawler, Theresa S. Leshure, Norwood L. Sr. Little, Earnest Lee Mayham, Samuel McDonald, William "Bill" Patton Merritt, Earnest Mitchell, Hurley Dean Mote, Donald Phillip Nelson, Windfield Sr. Nicholson, Walter Ernest Poole, Annie Ruth Robinson, Elverage Sr.
Rose, Ruby William Ross, Addie Bell Rowser, Nora Mae Floyd Sherrod, Lucille Posey Skinner, James David Sr. Sparkman, Gloria Moye Stokes, Keira Evette Taylor, Elizabeth Thomas, Maebell Hazelrig West, Jimmie Dean Williams Williams, Ennis Ill Youngblood, Dorothy L. ALEXANDER, GRACE SPEIGHTS BROWN, age 90, of Tarrant, died in Eufaula, Alabama, on May 21, 2003. She was born on 17, 1913, in Fruithurst, Ala- bama. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Roy Brown, her second husband, Walter 0.
Alexander, her parents, Calaway and Ola Speights; brother, Cleo Speights; sisters, Inez Whitworth and Agnes McKee. She was a member of Mt. Calvery Baptist Church, Tarrant, where she was active in all its programs, as well as organist, pianist and director of choirs and ensembles. Survivors include sisters, Ermith Cassady, Tallapoosa, GA, Mozelle Thayer, Macomb, Michigan, Clara Fleming, Hiawassee, GA and Kathleen (Kitty) Corbert (Paul), New Smyrna Beach, FL; brother, Bennie Speights (Betty), Eufaula, AL; numerous nephews and nieces, great and great great nieces and nephews. She was affectigaly known as When the clock is disrupted, monarchs are unable to orient toward Mexico.
Without proper. 3 navigation, 3 migration to the south wouldn't occur and that generation of butterflies would not 105 sIr Steven Reppert, senior author of study published today in the journal Science "Monarch butterfly navigation seems to involve the interaction monarch insects, learned," between a clock and navigation a bit simpler such as honeybees, where said Steven Reppert, senior Research in other animals has found a number of genes that operate a natural clock in a daily cycle. The clock is "entrained" to the daily light cycle through specialized -sensitive cells. Reppert and his colleagues found a common clock gene, called per, is also part of the monarch's circadian clock. They found constant exposure to light disrupted the cycling of the gene's expression, and also affected the time of day that butterflies emerged from their chrysalises, which has been shown to indicate circadian time-keeping in other insects.
"Monarch butterfly navigation seems to involve the interaction between a clock and a compass. This makes monarch navigation a bit simpler than navigation in foraging many years. Survivors include one brother, Joe Ciulla of Gadsden, AL. Chapel Service will be held Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. at Johns-Ridout's Southside Chapel, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
Her cousins Rev. Frank J. Muscolino and Msgr. Charles Troncale officiating. Visitation will be held Saturday at the funeral home 10-11 a.m.
Johns-Ridout's Funeral Parlors Southside Chapel directing. CORNELL, FLORENCE age 90 died May 21, 2003 at Shelby Baptist Medical Center, Alabaster. AL. Memorial services will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Friday with Reverend Ray Reed officiating.
Visitation will be two hours before the services. Born January 28, 1913 in Brooklyn, NY, she was a life long resident of South Bound Brook, NJ, moving to Alabama in 2001 to live with her son and daughter-in-law, Edward and Claire Cornell. She attended the Westwood Baptist Church in Alabaster. Mrs. Cornell has a daughter, Marjorie Gannone who lives in New Jersey, she has 6 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and 1 great -great grandchild.
In lieu of flowers all contributions can be made to "Kid on 3605 Lorna Ridge Drive, Hoover, AL. Arrangement are at Charter Funeral Home. COWEN, FRANK EUGENE 69, of Shades Val- passed away on VETERAN Friday, May 16, 2003. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2003, 11 a.m., at Jerusalem Baptist Church, Shades Valley, with burial in Shades Valley Community Cemetery. R.
L. Lumzy Funeral Home directing. CROOM-WARE, MRS. ELEANOR age 79 of Demopolis, Alabama passed May 15, 2003 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 12:00 Noon from the Eastern Star Baptist Church, Demopolis, Alabama.
Interment Memorial Cemetery, Demopolis, Alabama. Larkin Scott Funeral Directors of Demopolis, Alabama directing. EGGART, FRANCES 86, passed away Friday, May 16, 2003 at Baptist Lutheran Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. She was born in Nashville, TN, and was a resident of Birmingham, AL for 81 years. She was a graduate of West End High School and a member of Bluff Park United Methodist Church for 45 years.
She retired from SouthTrust Bank in 1982 and was a volunteer at Brookwood Medical Center. She was predeceased by her husband, H. Gordon Eggart, a daughter, Frances Chartier, a granddaughter, two brothers and a sister. She is survived by her son, Charles Eggart and his wife, Karen who were at her side when she departed this life in a very peaceful and serene manner. Other survivors are 5 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at Elmwood Cemetery on Saturday, a compass. This makes than navigation in foraging each new route has to be author of the study. insects, such as honeybees, where each new route has to be learned," Reppert said. To study the effects of manipulating daily light and dark cycles on monarchs, scientists used a specially designed flight simulator that included a video camera and computer that recorded flight direction. Scripps Howard News Service photo illustration Researchers used a special flight simulator to determine that monarch navigate of eastern region "Monarchs gram to long-term pert said.
to hell-bent wintering Mrs. Alex Calvary churches butterflies depend on an internal clock to help them in relation to the sun during fall migrations from the and central United States and Canada to a small in central Mexico. have a genetic pro- While scientists have long susundergo this marvelous pected that monarchs used the sun flight in the fall," Rep- to guide their way south, they've "They are essentially been less certain how the insects on making it to their over- adjusted their flight path to the difgrounds." ferent position of the sun each day. to all her friends at Mt. lumbus, OH; brothers; sisters; Baptist Church, and other grandchildren; a host of nieces, in the area and to her nephews, church members and many music students.
She was an accomplished musician, playing not only the organ and piano, but the accordian, guitar and other instruments. She shared her love for music with the residents of Ketona Nursing Home, by participating in the worship services there for over 30 years without missing a single service. The music she loved touched many young lives as she taught them to appreciate and to perform. Mrs. Alex will be remembered for her talents and love for baking and decorating cakes for many weddings, birthdays and other festive occasions.
She will be missed by her many friends, and her loving family, especially her nieces and nephews, whom she doted on as if they were her own children. The music of heaven is sweeter today than it was yesterday! Funeral Service will held Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. at Jefferson Memorial Trussville Chapel, with burial in Jefferson Memorial Gardens East. Jerry Smith, Ben Gipson and Roy Spears officiating. Visitation will be held Friday, May 23, 2003 from 5-8 p.m.
at the funeral home. Jefferson Memorial Trussville di- Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home Gardens Trussville 322-0544 Authorind Brown Service Funeral Fom: "Our family serving your family. ALLOWAY, BAILEY, age 65, of Shady Grove, AL, died May 20, 2003. Survivors include son, Bailey R. Alloway; 1 four sisters, Clara Ricks (John), Bessie M.
Hatcher (Pete), Neudie Scott (TS), Shirley Johnson; three brothers, Charles Alloway (Betty), Charlie Pelton (Tracy), Walter Pelton; two grandchildren; one aunt, Catherine Bell; and a host of other relatives. Funeral Service will be held Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 12 noon at Rock Elvy Baptist Church Shady Grove, AL, with burial in Church Yard. Bushelon Funeral Home directing. BATTLE, BETTIE JEAN age 65, of Birmingham, departed this life Friday, May 16, 2003. She was a member of the Apostolic Faith.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 12 noon at First Baptist Church Kingston with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Survivors include: husband, Deleon Battle; sons, Darius Battle of Southfield, MI, Desi (Tracie) Battle and David (Tamiko) Battle, both of Birmingham, AL, daughters, Beverly (District Superintendent Robert) Moore of Cambria Heights, NY and La'Tonya (Martin) Elia of Co- After being housed in a lightdark cycle in the lab that was close to outdoor lighting cycle in the northern United States during autumn, daylight from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., migrant butterflies exposed to the outdoor sun properly oriented toward the southwest. But butterflies housed under an earlier light cycle, 1 a.m. to 1 p.m., flew toward the southeast.
And when butterflies were exposed to May 24, 2003 at 2:00 P.M., Reverend Reid Crotty officiating. It was her desire that memorial contributions be made to the Bluff Park United Methodist Church, 733 Valley Hoover, AL 35226. ENGLE, JAMES COOLIDGE, age 78, of Montgomery will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 24, 2003 at Bolton Brown Service Chapel. Burial will follow in Pinelawn Gardens.
Bolton Brown Service is directing. EVANS, RODERICK DION age 32, of Birmingham, died May 17, 2003. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 24, at 12 Noon at Chance Baptist Church in Chance, Alabama with burial in Thomasville Cemetery. Survivors: a devoted wife, Veronica Taite Evans; three children, Savontera Bostic, Roderick Evans, Barbara McAfee; stepdaughter, Keona Taite; mother, Carolyn Williams, father, Sammy J. Evans; sisters, Synethia Evans, LaQuenetta Evans, Aedra Jones; brothers, Demetrius Evans, and Eric two one niece, three aunts, three uncles; and a host of other relatives and friends.
FERGUSON, LEON BRANT, age 81, of Birch Tree, MO, passed away on Tuesday, May 20, 2003, in a local hospital. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 24, 2003 at Collins-Burke Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Walker Memory Gardens, Jasper, AL. Visitation will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 23, 2003 in the funeral home parlor.
Preceded in death by wife, mother, father, two brothers and one sister. Survivors include sons, Leon Brant Ferguson Birmingham, AL, and Dale Lynn Ferguson, Bakersfield, CA; daughter, Brenda Roberts, Winona, MO; brother, Robert Ferguson, Fairfield, AL; sisters, Lucy Payne, Dora, AL, and Eloise Odom, Birmingham, AL; nine grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Inc. is directing. FRANKS, MRS.
EDDIE LEE, of Margaret, died Monday, May 19, 2003. She was born to Ed and Idella Turnbough. She was a retired educator from the County brothers, Jones. held p.m. Church in CopCemetery.
at the a.m. to Chapel di- Survivors include two Eli Turnbough and Lester Funeral Services will be urday, May 24, 2003 at from Mt. Avery Baptist (Margaret), with burial per Springs Church The body will lie in state church Saturday from 11:00 1:00 p.m. Poole Funeral recting. GREY, STELLA age 85, of Palm Harbor, FL and formerly of Birmingham, died Wednesday, May 21, 2003 in Clearwater, Florida.
Surviving family includes her husband, Walter J. Grey, Palm Harbor; sons and their wives, constant light, they flew directly toward the sun, apparently having lost their sense of time. Understanding how the internal clock guides navigation in monarchs could provide a model for studying navigation by other animals, from bees and ants to songbirds. "Increasing knowledge of the genetic makeup of the monarch circadian clock will help tease apart the entire migratory process, a process that remains one of the great mysteries of biology," Reppert said. For more information, visit www.sciencemag.org or www.mo narchwatch.org.
Lee Bowman can be reached at friends. Smith Gaston Southside directing. BLACKMON, KEITH ANTONIO, age 16, of Birmingham, died May 14, 2003. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, May 24, at 1:30 /p.m. at East Birmingham COGIC with burial in Zion BOYD, JEAN ALSTINE, age 65, resident of Birmingham, AL died May 19, 2003 in Nashville, TN.
Survived by son, William A. Boyd, III, Birmingham, AL; sister, Vivian J. Fielder (Dr. Fred nephew, Fred C. Fielder, Jr.
(D. Lynee) and great-niece, Freda Katherine Fielder, all of Nashville; devoted cousins and many friends in Birmingham and Nashville. Memorial services will be held 6:00 PM, Monday, May 26, 2003 at Clark Memorial UMC, 1014 14th Avenue, North, Nashville, with The Rev. Edward E. Bufford officiating.
Graveside service and interment at 2:00 PM Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at Grace Hill Cemetery, Birmingham. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in her memory to Alive Hospice, 1718 Patterson Nashville, TN 37203. William Gunter Funeral Home, 615-329-4301. BRAWLEY, INFANT DYLAN REED, of Pinson, died Thursday, May 22, 2003. Survivors include parents, Jeremy and Stephanie Brawley, Pinson; grandparents, Tommy and Angie Reed, Pinson, Dennis and Kathy Brawley, Pinson; great grandparents, Mary Peoples, Tarrant, Gladys Conort, Fultondale, Frank and Kathleen Smith, Opelika, Eloise Brawley, Vestavia; two uncles, Bobby Brawley, Craig Reed; one aunt, Heather Reed.
Graveside Services will be held Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. in Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. Lester Robinson officiating. Ridout's Gardendale Chapel directing.
CAMPBELL, JOE ANN, age 91, of Bessemer, Alabama, passed away on May 18, 2003. Funeral Services will be held at Mount Hebron Baptist Church on May 24, 2003 at 11:00 AM with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held on Friday 12:00 8:00 PM. Survivors: 4 daughters; 1 son; 3 nephews, 1 niece and a host of other relatives and friends. Chambers Funeral Home, Inc.
2527 9th Avenue Bessemer, Alabama 35020 (205) 425-5235 CIULLA, THERESA age 77, of Birmingham, died May 21, 2003. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Josephine and Vito. She died peacefully after enduring Multiple Sclerosis for Gregory A. (Pat) Grey, Birmingham, Roger M. (Barbara) Grey, Marietta, GA; daughter and her husband, Lorna A.
(Tom) Reynolds, Phoenix, eight grandchildren; two great grandchildren. Funeral Service will be held Fri: day, May 23, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. at Curlew Hills Funeral Home: Chapel, "A Golden Rule Funeral Palm Harbor, FL 2000). GODWIN, LOUISE KELLEY of Birmingham, departed this life Sunday, May 18, 2003. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 12:30 P.M.
at St. Mark A.M.E. Church, 1358 15th Place S.W.. Rev. J.
L. Edison, officiating, with burial in New Grace Hill Cement tery. Survivors include: husband, Henry E. Godwin; son, Henry E. Godwin, daughter, Eleanor J.
Jones; seven grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; a host of other relatives and friends. Smith Gaston Southside directing. GUIN, SANTINA M. BIGHAMES, age 35, of Birmingham, died May, 14, 2003. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, May 24, at 1:30 p.m.
at Wren Chapel with burial in Carver Memorial Cemetery. Rev. Maurice Guin officiating. Wren Funeral Home directing. HAYDEN, WOODROW THOMAS, age 90, of Trussville, died May 21, 2003.
Mr. Hayden was born in Trussville on April 23, 1915. He was a lifelong member of the Trussville United Methodist Church. He served on many church committees including the' Official Board and was Chairman of the Building Committee. He.
served as President of the Trussville Chamber of Commerce, served on the Park and Recreation Board, and served many years as, Treasurer of the Trussville Utilities Board. He was a member of the Roebuck Plaza Shopping Center Board. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the 4169th Quart termaster Depot Company in the Philippines and Japan. He retired as a Vice President of AmSouth Bank after 37 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Elea-' nor Thomason Hayden; daughter, Kay Hayden Henderson.
Funeral Service will be held Safi urday, May 24, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. at Trussville United Methodist Church, with burial in Jefferson Memorial Gardens East. Family. will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 5-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Cahaba Girl Scouts oF.
Boy Scouts Council or the charity, of your choice. Ridout's Trussville Chapel is directing. May St. Ridout's Trussville Chapel 205-655-2173 Dignity www.dignitymemorial.com HIGDON, LOIS PARSONS, age 82, of Bessemer, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2003. She was a member of Johns Baptist Church, in Adger, AL.
She was a loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother She is survived by her husband.
