
An Introduction to Biological Rhythms
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An Introduction to Biological Rhythms provides an introduction to the subject of biological rhythms. The opening chapters present an overview of biological rhythms, their properties, and clock control, followed by a survey of rhythms in plants and animals. The subsequent chapters cover tidal rhythms and human rhythms; sun-compass, star-compass, and moon compass orientation of animals; the clock control of plant and animal photoperiodism; evidence for external timing of biological clocks; and models and mechanisms for endogenous timekeeping. The book also includes biographical sketches of Dr. Frank A. Brown, Jr., Morrison Professor of Biology at Northwestern University; and Dr. Leland N. Edmunds, Jr., Professor and Head of the Division of Biological Sciences at the Stony Brook campus of the State University of New York. This book is meant for the inquiring student seeking an introduction to the subject and for busy biologists in other fields who want to get a ""feel"" for the subject. It can also serve as a basic textbook for the existing biorhythms courses and act as a seed for the inauguration of new courses.
Table of Contents
Preface
Biographical Sketch of Frank A. Brown, Jr.
Biographical Sketch of Leland N. Edmunds, Jr.
1 Introduction to Biological Rhythms, Their Properties, and Clock Control
Tidal, Daily, and Annual Rhythms
Rudimentary Terminology
Properties of Clock-Controlled Rhythms
The Coupling Unit
Master or Multiple Clocks
Summary and Conclusions
Selected Readings
2 A Survey of Rhythms in Plants and Animals
Plants
Animals
Summary and Conclusions
Selected Readings
3 Tidal (Bimodal Lunar-Day) Rhythms
A Survey of Tidal Rhythms
Determination of Phase
Summary and Conclusions
Selected Readings
4 Human Rhythms
Rhythms in Alcohol Metabolism
Rhythms in Pain Tolerance
Man as an Experimental Subject
Sleep-Wakefulness Rhythms
Temperature and Performance Rhythms
Rhythmic Moods
Cell Division Rhythms
Heart-Rate Rhythms
Rhythms in Renal Processes
Rhythms in Birth and Death Rates
Rhythmic Sensitivity to Allergens and Drugs
The Effect of a 10 Hz Electric Field on Human Rhythms
Longitudinal Travel and Biological Rhythms
Shift Work
Monthly Rhythms
Summary and Conclusion
Selected Readings
5 Clock Compensated Animal Orientation
Sun-Compass Orientation
Star-Compass Orientation
Moon-Compass Orientation
Summary and Conclusions
Selected Readings
6 The Clock Control of Plant and Animal Photoperiodism
Plants
Animals
Summary and Conclusions
Selected Readings
7 Evidence for External Timing of Biological Clocks
Comparison of the Internal and External Hypotheses
Rhythms in the Fiddler Crab Translocation Experiment with Oysters
Statistical Analysis of Time Series
On the Absence of Constant Conditions
Responsiveness to Very Weak Magnetic Fields
Responsiveness to Very Weak Electric Fields
Responsiveness to Background Radiation
Geoelectromagnetic Fields and "Clocks"
Lability of the Rhythmic Cycles
Phase Maps and Phase Dissociation
Solar-Day and Lunar-Day Rhythms
Autophasing
Geophysically Dependent Rhythms
Precision of Solar-Day Cycles
Propensity for Lunar Periodisms
Annual Rhythms
External Timing as a Scientific Hypothesis
General Conclusions
Summary
Selected Readings
8 Models and Mechanisms for Endogenous Timekeeping
Introduction
Formal Models for an Autonomous Clock
Cellular and Biochemical Clock Mechanisms
The Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Timing Problem
Summary and Conclusions
Selected Readings
Glossary
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 394
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1976
- Published: January 1, 1976
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780323152426
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