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Biological Rhythms
Vinod . Ed(S): Kumar
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Description for Biological Rhythms
Paperback. Editor(s): Kumar, Vinod. Num Pages: 254 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MFG; PSB; PSF; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 14. Weight in Grams: 537.
(Chapters 11 to 14) summarise important features of the biological clock at the level of whole animal covering all vertebrate classes (fish to mammal). Chapters 15 and 16 are on long term (seasonal) rhythms in plants and higher vertebrates. Short term rhythms (ultradian rhythms), the significance of having a clock system in animals living in extreme (arctic) environments, and the diversity of circadian responses to melatonin, the key endocrine element involved in regulation of biological rhythms, have been discussed in Chapters 17 to 19. Finally, a chapter on sensitivity to light of the photoperiodic clock is added which, using vertebrate ... Read more
(Chapters 11 to 14) summarise important features of the biological clock at the level of whole animal covering all vertebrate classes (fish to mammal). Chapters 15 and 16 are on long term (seasonal) rhythms in plants and higher vertebrates. Short term rhythms (ultradian rhythms), the significance of having a clock system in animals living in extreme (arctic) environments, and the diversity of circadian responses to melatonin, the key endocrine element involved in regulation of biological rhythms, have been discussed in Chapters 17 to 19. Finally, a chapter on sensitivity to light of the photoperiodic clock is added which, using vertebrate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783662060872
SKU
V9783662060872
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