Biological time is fractal: Early events reverberate over a life time

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-19

  Lloyd, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clocks; Mitochondria; Oscillations; Rhythms; Time scales

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; OSCILLATION; TIMESCALE;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; OSCILLATION; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FRACTALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MITOCHONDRIA; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 41649113314     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-008-0017-8     Document Type: Review

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