Common noise induced synchronous circadian oscillations in uncoupled non-identical systems

The effect of common noise on the collective behavior of circadian oscillation systems was studied in an elementary circadian clock model. It is shown that common noise could induce synchronous oscillations in two uncoupled non-identical systems in the deterministic stable steady state region. The synchronicity of common noise induced oscillations is suppressed by the internal noise, but is not remarkably decreased within a wide range of internal noise intensity. This demonstrates that the common noise induced synchronous oscillations are rather robust to internal fluctuations.

Graphical abstractDownload full-size imageHighlights► The influences of common noise in an elementary circadian clock model were studied. ► Common noise plays constructive roles on the collective behavior in the model. ► Noise could induce synchronous oscillations in two uncoupled non-identical systems. ► The common noise induced synchronous oscillations are robust to internal noise.