Adaptive Significance of Circadian Clocks

Chronobiology International

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 901-919

  Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biological clocks; Circadian; Evolution; Fitness; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344737805     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-120026099     Document Type: Review

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