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In three volumes, historian Jole Shackelford delineates the history of the study of biological rhythms—now widely known as chronobiology—from antiquity into the twentieth century. Perhaps the most well-known biological rhythm is the circadian rhythm, tied to the cycles of day and night and often referred to as the “body clock.” But there are many other biological rhythms, and although scientists and the natural philosophers who preceded them have long known about them, only in the past thirty years have a handful of pioneering scientists begun to study such rhythms in plants and animals seriously. Tracing the intellectual and institutional development of biological rhythm studies, Sh...
Publications relevant to marine bioluminescence from 1979 through 1987 are annotated and cross-indexed by author, organism studied, geographic location, and key words. Sources of research funding are discussed, and the most prolific institutions and most popular sources for publication are identified. Six areas of particular interest--namely flash characteristics, stimulation techniques, geographic and temporal distribution and occurrence and correlation with environmental parameters, the luminous organism themselves, symbiosis, and circadian rhythms are identified and analyzed for significant progress, important research omissions, and trends. No significant trends are identified, although the suggestion of the possibility of a decrease in research effort in these areas over the decade is noted. The international nature of the research is considered ... Bioluminescence, Marine biology, Optical properties.
The Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology series deals with the aspects of neurosciences that have the most direct and immediate bearing on behavior. It presents the most current research available in the specific areas of sensory modalities. This volume explores circadian rhythms.
MBC online publishes papers that describe and interpret results of original research conserning the molecular aspects of cell structure and function.
In keeping with the Novartis series this book draws together contributions from an international and interdisciplinary group of experts. Involved here are those studying the mechanisms of light signalling to the vertebrate clock, the connections between central and peripheral clocks and the genetics of the vertebrate clock and clock proteins.
From an August 1991 workshop in Berlin under the auspices of the European Molecular Biology Organization, 19 papers focus on two major topics: the molecular biology of pathogenic fungi, including a session on new molecular tools available for studying fungal systems; and gene expression in fungal systems, including the complex regulation of metabolic pathways, applied aspects of expression signals, and the regulation of development, mating, and reproduction. Reproduced typescripts. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR