Life before the clock: Modeling circadian evolution

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 495-505

  Roenneberg, Till ^a   Merrow, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Evolution; Model; Negative feedback

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MODEL; MUTAGENESIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0012211698     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730402238231     Document Type: Article

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