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Rhythms of life : the biological clocks that control the daily lives of every living thing / Russell G. Foster, Leon Kreitzman.

Foster, Russell G. (Author). Kreitzman, Leon. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 0300105746
  • ISBN: 9780300105742
  • Physical Description: xiii, 276 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2004.

Content descriptions

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.
Subject:
Biological rhythms.
Biological Clocks > physiology.
Circadian Rhythm > physiology.
Biologisch ritme.
Rythmes biologiques.
Horloges biologiques.
Rythmes circadiens.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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