Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Circadian clocks: 50 years on.
Menaker, M.
Affiliation
  • Menaker M; Department of Biology and Center for Biological Timing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4328, USA.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18419325
ABSTRACT
Since the first Cold Spring Harbor meeting on "Biological Clocks" in 1960, the field has progressed from the study of a fascinating but esoteric set of phenomena of interest primarily to a relatively small group of prescient biologists to become recognized as defining a centrally important aspect of biological organization. This change is the consequence of a profound increase in understanding of the mechanisms that generate and control circadian rhythmicity, coupled with the realization that circadian temporal organization is an important component of much of what most organisms do. As such, it impinges on human health, agriculture, and biological conservation, as well as on many more basic aspects of biology at every level. Many of the seminal discoveries of the last 47 years were presented and discussed at this exciting meeting.
Subject(s)

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Circadian Rhythm Limits: Animals / Humans Language: En Journal: Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Estados Unidos

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Circadian Rhythm Limits: Animals / Humans Language: En Journal: Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Estados Unidos