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Author Foster, Russell G.

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

Publication Info. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  571.77 FOSTER    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  571.77 FOSTER    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  571.77 FOSTER    Check Shelf
Description xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-269) and index.
Contents 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 -- Physiology.
Biological rhythms.
Added Author Kreitzman, Leon.
ISBN 0300105746: $30.00
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