Biological Rhythms

This monograph provides a balanced treatment of some important aspects of biological rhythmicity.

The topics focus on: the evolution and basic features of the circadianrhythms; genetics and molecular biology of the clock, and the circadian system at cellular level; ultradian and circadian rhythms at the level of whole animal (from fish to mammal); the perception of natural zeitgebers, photoentrainment and synchronization of long term physiological events to day lengths in organisms, with special reference to plants and higher vertebrates; and the peripheral clock system, the importance of biological rhythms in animals living in extreme arctic environment and the diversity of circadian responses to melatonin.