Rhythms of life : the biological clocks that control the daily lives of every living thing / Russell G. Foster, Leon Kreitzman.
Record details
- ISBN: 0300105746
- ISBN: 9780300105742
- Physical Description: xiii, 276 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Publisher: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2004.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-269) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The day within and the day without -- Telling time -- Oscillators, clocks and hourglasses -- The challenge of daily change -- The search for the clock -- Light on the clock --The molecular clock: protein 'tick' and RNA 'tock' -- A few species and many clocks -- The changing seasons -- Clockwork evolution -- Sleep and performance -- SAD shifts -- Time to take your medicine -- Future times: uchronia or dyschronia.
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Lummi Library | QP 84.6 .F67 | 268109 | Stacks | Available | - |
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