The study of how solar and lunar related rhythms are governed by living pacemakers within organisms constitutes the scientific discipline of chronobiology. Few fields encompass the breadth of science that is associated with this subject which is at the cutting edge of fields ranging from microbial genetics to ethology to treatment of human psychiatric illnesses. To recognise that no individual could do justice to the field in writing a comprehensive text, a group of experienced editors and contributors have collaborated to produce "Chronobiology". The text begins with a general introduction to the formalisms and vocabulary which describe circadian rhythmicity, followed by an analysis of behavioural and ecological importance of rhythms and their theoretical bases. A central block of four chapters develops the comparative anatomy, physiology, genetics and molecular biology of organisms within circadian clocks. Examples from the real world and from current and classic research are included and a final chapter looks to the future by exploring six cutting edge areas of research.
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"This much-needed text is both an outstanding primer for students and an excellent resource for scientists and medical practitioners." -- Michael S. Grace, Florida Institute of Technology
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JAY C. DUNLAP is Chairman of the Department of genetics at Dartmouth Medical School. He has co-edited 16 books in genetics and published over 100 articles on the genetics and the molecular biology of circadian systems. - JENNIFER J. LOROS is Professor of Biochemistry and of Genetics at Dartmouth Medical School. She serves as Associate Editor for the journal Genetics and is on the advisory board for the Journal of Biological Rhythms. - PATRICIA J. DE COURSEY is Distinguished Professor of Biology in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina.
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This is a great introduction to the material and is highly recommended. The other reviewer erroneously selected the book for the wrong level of student and then blames the authors.
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This is a wonderful text on biological clocks. It begins with a great introduction and a wide range of very interesting examples of clocks in a wide range of organisms and explanations of the terminologies used to describe different elements of chronobiology, then moves on to the details of clocks and how they function, evolve and operate at the molecular level. I very highly recommend this text for anyone new to the subject and at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level, most of the content would be tough for many undergrads- hence the rather unfair ranking by another reviewer.
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I used this for an undergraduate psychology course where the only prerequisite was Intro to Psych. The course was a nightmare, but the textbook is impossible to read. It is written for graduate level scientists.
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New York, Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology Volume, Kluwer Academic, Oxford University Press, United States, Academic Press, Cold Spring Harb, Brain Res, Colin Pittendrigh, Temperate Zone, National Academy of Sciences, Sleep Res, University of Hokkaido Press, Harvard University Press, Cell Tissue Res, Hokkaido University Press, The Mind's Clock, Cell Dev, Integrative Animal Physiology, Three Mile Island, Genes Dev, Northern Hemisphere, Rhythm Res, The Living Clock, Biological Organisms New!
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- Biological Rhythms (Applications of Communications Theory) by Jurgen Aschoff on 9 pages
- Natural Selection (Phoenix 60p paperbacks) by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- Circadian Rhythms and the Human by D. S. Minors on page 325, page 357, and page 382
- On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on page 48, page 63, and page 362
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on page 48, page 63, and page 362
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